Crime Rates at Batchelor Road, Bournemouth, BH11 8HD

Batchelor Road area has the 19th highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Bearwood & Merley , and the 306th 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 Batchelor Road (BH11 8HD) in the last 12 months was 98.6 per 1,000 residents and was 65.9% 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 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 57.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Batchelor Road (BH11 8HD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Springwater Road, where police recorded 35 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hall Road (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.