Crime Rates at Fernheath Road, Bournemouth, BH11 8SJ

Fernheath Road area has the 21st highest crime rate of 62 local areas in Bearwood & Merley , and the 345th 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 Fernheath Road (BH11 8SJ) in the last 12 months was 84.9 per 1,000 residents and was 53.3% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 60.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -77.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Fernheath Road (BH11 8SJ), 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.