Total Crime Rate

155.7 per 1,000 9/10 Β· Very 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 155.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 57.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 35.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.4 9/10
  • Shoplifting 16.4 6/10
  • Burglary 13.7 9/10
  • Other theft 8.2 7/10
  • Public order 5.5 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.7 2/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Newfoundland Drive area has the 17th highest crime rate of 36 local areas in Poole Town , and the 165th 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 Newfoundland Drive (BH15 1YB) in the last 12 months was 155.7 per 1,000 residents and was 2.0% 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 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (β‰ˆ 62.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Newfoundland Drive (BH15 1YB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Whatleigh Close, where police recorded 80 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bus/Coach Station (33 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Newfoundland Drive area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Whatleigh Close β€”
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Lander Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour East Street β€”
Sep 2025Public order Ballard Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whatleigh Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Whatleigh Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Whatleigh Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Whatleigh Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour South Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Liberty Way β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences South Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences South Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Vallis Close β€”
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Liberty Way β€”
Sep 2025Other theft Perry Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bus/Coach Station β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bus/Coach Station β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences South Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket β€”
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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