Total Crime Rate
77.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
40.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Berkeley Avenue area has the 27th highest crime rate of 91 local areas in Alderney & Bourne Valley , and the 379th 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 Berkeley Avenue (BH12 4HZ) in the last 12 months was 77.9 per 1,000 residents and was 2.8% higher 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violent crimes ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 40.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 162.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Berkeley Avenue (BH12 4HZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 56 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dudley Gardens (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Poole| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Guernsey Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Guernsey Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Evering Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bartlett Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Grace Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Trinidad Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Dudley Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Dudley Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dudley Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Berkeley Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Berkeley Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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