Total Crime Rate

80.3 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 80.3 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 41.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 24.9 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.5 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.8 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.8 1/10
  • Public order 2.8 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
  • 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

Farwell Road area has the 30th highest crime rate of 91 local areas in Alderney & Bourne Valley , and the 369th highest crime rate of 1,191 local areas in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Farwell Road (BH12 4PN) in the last 12 months was 80.3 per 1,000 residents and was 1.7% higher 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 27.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Farwell Road (BH12 4PN), the main crime hotspot is near Bedford Road South. Police recorded 25 crimes here, including 17 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Farwell Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Farwell Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Farwell Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Farwell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Canford Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Bremble Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bedford Road South Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Bedford Road North Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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