Total Crime Rate
148.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
78.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Durrell Way area has the 18th lowest crime rate of 35 local areas in Poole Town , and the 170th 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 Durrell Way (BH15 1YN) in the last 12 months was 148.4 per 1,000 residents and was 1.5% 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 78.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 150.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -85.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Durrell Way (BH15 1YN), the main crime hotspot is near Bus/Coach Station. Police recorded 74 crimes here, including 30 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Poole| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Liberty Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Newfoundland Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Phippard Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Seager Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Seager Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Walking Field Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Labrador Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hornbeam Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Vallis Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingland Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Kingland Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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