Total Crime Rate
54.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
30.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Aspen Gardens area has the 44th highest crime rate of 91 local areas in Alderney & Bourne Valley , and the 551st highest crime rate of 1,180 local areas in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Aspen Gardens (BH12 4DF) in the last 12 months was 54.6 per 1,000 residents and was 28.0% lower than the Alderney & Bourne Valley average (75.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -10.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 30.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.1% ).
In the area around Aspen Gardens (BH12 4DF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cashmoor Close, where police recorded 156 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Slepe Crescent (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Poole| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Slepe Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cashmoor Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cashmoor Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cashmoor Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cashmoor Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cashmoor Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cashmoor Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cashmoor Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cashmoor Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cashmoor Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cashmoor Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cashmoor Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cashmoor Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cashmoor Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cashmoor Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cashmoor Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cashmoor Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cashmoor Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cashmoor Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cashmoor Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Aspen Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cashmoor Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cashmoor Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cashmoor Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sixpenny Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alder Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alder Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Northmere Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Northmere Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aspen Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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