Crime Rates at Blackburn Road, Poole, BH12 3LQ

Blackburn 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 Blackburn Road (BH12 3LQ) 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 Blackburn Road (BH12 3LQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sports/Recreation Area, where police recorded 20 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Haskells Road (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.