Total Crime Rate

257.2 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 257.2 10/10
  • Shoplifting 164.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 49.1 8/10
  • Burglary 8.7 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.7 6/10
  • Public order 8.7 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.7 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.8 3/10
  • Robbery 2.9 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Rossmore Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 103 local areas in Canford Heath , and the 78th highest crime rate of 1,191 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 Rossmore Road (BH12 3NL) in the last 12 months was 257.2 per 1,000 residents and was 219.4% higher than the Canford Heath average (80.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 57 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 280.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( 50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 60.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 110.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Rossmore Road (BH12 3NL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 67 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hobbs Road (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Rossmore Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (19/19)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Sark Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Highview Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hobbs Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Sark Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Worbarrow Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Catherine Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jasmine Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Highview Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ballam Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Almond Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Almond Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Almond Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Almond Grove Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Almond Grove —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ballam Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bartlett Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sark Road —
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Data Sources

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