Crime Rates at Paddington Grove, Bournemouth, BH11 8NS

Paddington Grove area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Bearwood & Merley , and the 348th 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 Paddington Grove (BH11 8NS) in the last 12 months was 87.3 per 1,000 residents and was 46.8% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Other theft ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 47.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 50.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Paddington Grove (BH11 8NS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 33 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St Georges Drive (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.