Total Crime Rate
333.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
127.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bowling Green Alley area has the 5th highest crime rate of 35 local areas in Poole Town , and the 47th highest crime rate of 1,180 local areas in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Bowling Green Alley (BH15 1AG) in the last 12 months was 333.3 per 1,000 residents and was 128.0% higher than the Poole Town average (146.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -10.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 127.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -5.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bowling Green Alley (BH15 1AG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 103 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near North Street (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Poole| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thames Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lagland Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prosperous Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prosperous Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prosperous Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lagland Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lagland Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lagland Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | East Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | North Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | East Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | East Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Skinner Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Skinner Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Skinner Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Market Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dear Hay Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | North Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Chapel Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gray'S Yard | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Paradise Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Paradise Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St Aubyns Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Hill Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hill Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Globe Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | The Quay | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fishermans Road | — |
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