Total Crime Rate

132.4 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 132.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 55.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 20.6 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.7 8/10
  • Drugs 8.8 8/10
  • Other theft 8.8 7/10
  • Burglary 5.9 6/10
  • Public order 5.9 5/10
  • Robbery 5.9 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.9 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.9 2/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Mount Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Bearwood & Merley , and the 201st highest crime rate of 1,191 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 Mount Road (BH11 8BJ) in the last 12 months was 132.4 per 1,000 residents and was 122.7% higher than the Bearwood & Merley average (59.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 67.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Mount Road (BH11 8BJ), the main crime hotspot is near Cunningham Place. Police recorded 96 crimes here, including 30 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Mount Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cunningham Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Cunningham Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Moore Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cunningham Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rochester Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Moorside Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Moorside Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Gort Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Gort Road Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cunningham Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tedder Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Poole Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cunningham Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cunningham Crescent —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cunningham Place —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cunningham Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cunningham Place —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cunningham Crescent —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cunningham Crescent —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Paget Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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