Total Crime Rate

77.8 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 77.8 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 33.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 22.2 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.7 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.6 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Northmere Road area has the 33rd highest crime rate of 91 local areas in Alderney & Bourne Valley , and the 391st highest crime rate of 1,191 local areas in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Northmere Road (BH12 4DX) in the last 12 months was 77.8 per 1,000 residents and was 1.5% lower than the Alderney & Bourne Valley average (79.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 22.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -73.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Northmere Road (BH12 4DX), the main crime hotspot is near Arne Avenue. Police recorded 19 crimes here, including 13 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Northmere Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (16/16)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Arne Avenue Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Arne Crescent —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Arne Avenue Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Arne Avenue Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Boyd Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Arne Avenue Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Arne Avenue Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Drugs Central Avenue Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Arne Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Arne Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Pine Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pine Avenue —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shillingstone Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Mills Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Mills Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shillingstone Gardens Under investigation
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Data Sources

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