Total Crime Rate

101.4 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 101.4 8/10
  • Other theft 25.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 23.6 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.9 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.2 8/10
  • Burglary 7.1 7/10
  • Public order 4.7 4/10
  • Shoplifting 2.4 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.4 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.4 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Saffron Way area has the 17th highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Bearwood & Merley , and the 297th 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 Saffron Way (BH11 8TJ) in the last 12 months was 101.4 per 1,000 residents and was 70.6% higher than the Bearwood & Merley average (59.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 28.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Saffron Way (BH11 8TJ), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Saffron Way area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Goldenleas Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Georges Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stillmore Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Paddington Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Paddington Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
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Data Sources

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