Total Crime Rate

164.6 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 164.6 9/10
  • Shoplifting 61.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 27.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 27.4 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 15.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.2 8/10
  • Burglary 9.2 8/10
  • Other theft 9.2 7/10
  • Public order 3.1 2/10
  • 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
  • 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

Cromer Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 91 local areas in Alderney & Bourne Valley , and the 147th highest crime rate of 1,191 local areas in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Cromer Road (BH12 1ND) in the last 12 months was 164.6 per 1,000 residents and was 108.5% higher than the Alderney & Bourne Valley average (79.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 30.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cromer Road (BH12 1ND), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Redlands, where police recorded 92 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Langley Road (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Cromer Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wroxham Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Redlands Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Redlands Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dereham Way —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Redlands Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cromer Road —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cromer Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cromer Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Redlands Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Other theft St Aldhelm'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Redlands Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Gorleston Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gorleston Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft James Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime James Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Redlands Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Cromer Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Langley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Langley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Langley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Thetford Road —
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Redlands Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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