Crime Rates at Grace Gardens, Poole, BH12 4FF

Grace Gardens area has the 44th highest crime rate of 101 local areas in Canford Heath , and the 565th highest crime rate of 1,180 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 Grace Gardens (BH12 4FF) in the last 12 months was 53.5 per 1,000 residents and was 26.2% lower 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -44.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 23.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Grace Gardens (BH12 4FF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 56 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Tyneham Avenue (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.