Total Crime Rate

97.2 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 97.2 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 53.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 23.2 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.3 7/10
  • Drugs 4.6 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.3 1/10
  • Other theft 2.3 1/10
  • Robbery 2.3 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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.
level: zoom:
Map is loading…

Crime overview

Ringwood Road area has the 26th highest crime rate of 103 local areas in Canford Heath , and the 309th 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 Ringwood Road (BH12 3JJ) in the last 12 months was 97.2 per 1,000 residents and was 20.7% higher than the Canford Heath average (80.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -58.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 25.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -62.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 66.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ringwood Road (BH12 3JJ), the main crime hotspot is near Cynthia Close. Police recorded 30 crimes here, including 22 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

View Crime In Canford Heath

Crime Over Time in Ringwood Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (11/11)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ringwood Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Paddock Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cynthia Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Blackburn Road —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Blackburn Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sports/Recreation Area —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Ringwood Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ringwood Road —
Sep 2025Burglary Shopping Area Under investigation
* on or near this location Page 1 • Showing 11 of 11

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.

↑