Total Crime Rate
369.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
170.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Turbary Park Avenue area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 62 local areas in Bearwood & Merley , and the 40th highest crime rate of 1,180 local areas in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Turbary Park Avenue (BH11 8HH) in the last 12 months was 369.3 per 1,000 residents and was 566.6% 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 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 170.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Turbary Park Avenue (BH11 8HH), the main crime hotspot is near Springwater Road. Police recorded 50 crimes here, including 23 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Bournemouth| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Springwater Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Springwater Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Springwater Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Springwater Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Springwater Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Springwater Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Springwater Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lydford Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Springwater Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Springwater Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Maclean Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Turbary Park Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Turbary Park Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Turbary Park Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Canford Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Batchelor Crescent | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Batchelor Crescent | Action to be taken by another organisation |
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