Total Crime Rate

1682.6 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 1682.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 494.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 410.1 10/10
  • Shoplifting 286.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 112.4 10/10
  • Public order 73.0 10/10
  • Drugs 67.4 10/10
  • Other theft 59.0 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 47.8 10/10
  • Burglary 36.5 10/10
  • Theft from the person 28.1 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 22.5 10/10
  • Robbery 16.9 10/10
  • Other crime 14.0 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 14.0 9/10
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 highest crime rate of 36 local areas in Poole Town , and the 3rd 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 2FQ) in the last 12 months was 1682.6 per 1,000 residents and was 959.0% 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 176 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 5 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 186 (≈ 522.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 1.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wimborne Road (BH15 2FQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 177 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bus/Coach Station (49 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Wimborne Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bus/Coach Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Vanguard Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Vanguard Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elizabeth Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bus/Coach Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bus/Coach Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bus/Coach Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bus/Coach Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Bus/Coach Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Vanguard Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Bus/Coach Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Bus/Coach Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bus/Coach Station
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bus/Coach Station
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences High Street North Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft High Street North Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
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 2025Other theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour North Street
Sep 2025Drugs North Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs North Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs North Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs North Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson North Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour North Street
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour North Street
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour North Street

Data Sources

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