Total Crime Rate

119.5 per 1,000 8/10 Β· High

All offences Β· 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 119.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 33.8 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 31.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.6 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.0 9/10
  • Other theft 10.4 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.2 7/10
  • Drugs 2.6 1/10
  • Other crime 2.6 2/10
  • Public order 2.6 1/10
  • Robbery 2.6 2/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Acorn Avenue area has the 15th lowest crime rate of 36 local areas in Poole Town , and the 235th highest crime rate of 1,191 local areas in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Acorn Avenue (BH15 1RG) in the last 12 months was 119.5 per 1,000 residents and was 24.8% lower than the Poole Town average (158.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (β‰ˆ 39.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Acorn Avenue (BH15 1RG), the main crime hotspot is near Bus/Coach Station. Police recorded 79 crimes here, including 33 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Acorn Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Taverner Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Waldren Close β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oak Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kingland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kingland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kingland Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kingland Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kingland Road β€”
Sep 2025Burglary Lander Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kingland Road β€”
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bus/Coach Station β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bus/Coach Station β€”

Data Sources

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