Total Crime Rate
167.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Wimborne Road area has the 15th highest crime rate of 36 local areas in Poole Town , and the 144th highest crime rate of 1,191 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 Wimborne Road (BH15 2BZ) in the last 12 months was 167.3 per 1,000 residents and was 5.3% higher than the Poole Town average (158.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 49.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wimborne Road (BH15 2BZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bus/Coach Station, where police recorded 34 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Denmark Lane (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Poole Town| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | St Margaret'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St John'S Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elizabeth Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Margaret'S Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingston Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Margaret'S Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Denmark Lane | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Denmark Lane | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stadium Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Stadium Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hospital | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | High Street North | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street North | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
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