Total Crime Rate
1522.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
446.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026North Street area has the highest crime rate of 35 local areas in Poole Town , and the 3rd 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 North Street (BH15 1NX) in the last 12 months was 1522.5 per 1,000 residents and was 941.2% higher than the Poole Town average (146.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 195 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 3 cases , down -25.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 60.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -55.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 159 (≈ 446.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -79.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around North Street (BH15 1NX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 133 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (37 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Poole| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lifeboat Quay | 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 | Lifeboat Quay | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lifeboat Quay | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Lifeboat Quay | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lifeboat Quay | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | South Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | South Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | South Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | East Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | North Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Market Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | North Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | North Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | North Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | North Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | North Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | North Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Chapel Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Serpentinf Lane | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hill Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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