Total Crime Rate

110.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

56.7 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 110.5 8/10
  • Violent crimes 56.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 45.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 22.7 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.3 7/10
  • Public order 8.5 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.5 7/10
  • Other theft 5.7 5/10
  • Burglary 2.8 2/10
  • Other crime 2.8 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.8 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Wavell Road area has the 15th highest crime rate of 62 local areas in Bearwood & Merley , and the 247th highest crime rate of 1,180 local areas in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Wavell Road (BH11 8AN) in the last 12 months was 110.5 per 1,000 residents and was 99.4% higher than the Bearwood & Merley average (55.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 56.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -77.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wavell Road (BH11 8AN), the main crime hotspot is near Cunningham Crescent. Police recorded 78 crimes here, including 22 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Wavell Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (19/19)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cunningham Crescent —
Apr 2026Burglary Gort Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rochester Road Further action is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rochester Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Rochester Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Cunningham Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Possession of weapons South Kinson Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ritchie Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Mount Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Cunningham Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rochester Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Grower Gardens —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Paget Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Paget Road —
Apr 2026Burglary Tedder Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Tedder Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Tedder Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tedder Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tedder Close Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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