Total Crime Rate

54.2 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 54.2 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 18.1 4/10
  • Burglary 7.2 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.2 6/10
  • Other theft 7.2 6/10
  • Public order 7.2 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.6 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.6 5/10
  • 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
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

The Avenue area has the 34th highest crime rate of 87 local areas in Canford Cliffs , and the 570th highest crime rate of 1,191 local areas in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around The Avenue (BH13 6LH) in the last 12 months was 54.2 per 1,000 residents and was 24.8% lower than the Canford Cliffs average (72.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -37.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 25.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 1.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Avenue (BH13 6LH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near The Avenue, where police recorded 9 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dalkeith Road (3 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in The Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Herbert Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Buccleuch Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Haydon Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Cassel Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Mountbatten Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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