Total Crime Rate

167.3 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · 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 167.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 49.4 10/10
  • Shoplifting 41.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 41.8 8/10
  • Other theft 11.4 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.6 6/10
  • Drugs 3.8 4/10
  • Public order 3.8 3/10
  • Robbery 3.8 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.8 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Wimborne 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 2DA) 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 2DA), the main crime hotspot is near Denmark Lane. Police recorded 32 crimes here, including 20 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Wimborne Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elizabeth Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson St Margaret'S Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kingston Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St John'S Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Margaret'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hospital —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Margaret'S Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Denmark Lane Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Denmark Lane Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stadium Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stadium Way —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tatnam Road —

Data Sources

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