Total Crime Rate

325.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 325.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 176.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 48.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 34.6 10/10
  • Other theft 17.3 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.8 9/10
  • Burglary 10.4 9/10
  • Public order 10.4 7/10
  • Other crime 6.9 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.9 9/10
  • 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Frost Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Bearwood & Merley , and the 53rd highest crime rate of 1,191 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 Frost Road (BH11 8HP) in the last 12 months was 325.3 per 1,000 residents and was 447.2% 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 51 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 56 (≈ 193.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -19.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Frost Road (BH11 8HP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Teal Close, where police recorded 29 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.

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Crime Over Time in Frost Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Teal Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Frost Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Maclean Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Maclean Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nutley Close
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hall Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nutley Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Teal Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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