Crime Rates at Ringwood Road, Poole, BH12 3LY

Ringwood Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 101 local areas in Canford Heath , and the 44th highest crime rate of 1,180 local areas in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Ringwood Road (BH12 3LY) in the last 12 months was 340.1 per 1,000 residents and was 368.8% higher than the Canford Heath average (72.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 45 (≈ 130.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ringwood Road (BH12 3LY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 43 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cynthia Close (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.