Total Crime Rate
164.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
70.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Pilot Hight Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 62 local areas in Bearwood & Merley , and the 146th 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 Pilot Hight Road (BH11 8EX) in the last 12 months was 164.7 per 1,000 residents and was 197.3% 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 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 70.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Pilot Hight Road (BH11 8EX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cunningham Place, where police recorded 82 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Springwater Road (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bournemouth| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Springwater Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cunningham Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Poole Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Poole Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Poole Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grower Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Verney Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Verney Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Verney Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Verney Road | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cunningham Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cunningham Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cunningham Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cunningham Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cunningham Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cunningham Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Poole Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cunningham Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cunningham Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cunningham Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cunningham Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cunningham Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cunningham Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cunningham Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cunningham Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cunningham Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Springwater Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cunningham Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cunningham Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cunningham Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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