Total Crime Rate

83.1 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 83.1 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 34.2 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 19.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.8 5/10
  • Other theft 4.9 5/10
  • Public order 4.9 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.4 2/10
  • Burglary 2.4 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.4 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.4 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Bowden Road area has the 28th highest crime rate of 91 local areas in Alderney & Bourne Valley , and the 361st highest crime rate of 1,191 local areas in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Bowden Road (BH12 4PW) in the last 12 months was 83.1 per 1,000 residents and was 5.3% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 39.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bowden Road (BH12 4PW), 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 Bowden Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (4/4)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bowden Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bedford Road South Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Bremble Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Bedford Road North Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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