Total Crime Rate

75.8 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 75.8 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 28.9 9/10
  • Burglary 18.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 14.4 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.2 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.6 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.6 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Sandbanks Road area has the 21st highest crime rate of 87 local areas in Canford Cliffs , and the 403rd 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 Sandbanks Road (BH14 8HU) in the last 12 months was 75.8 per 1,000 residents and was 5.3% higher than the Canford Cliffs average (72.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 8 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). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 18.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sandbanks Road (BH14 8HU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Gardens Crescent, where police recorded 9 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Avalon (2 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Sandbanks Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gardens Crescent
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation

Data Sources

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