Total Crime Rate
312.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
130.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026New Quay Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 39 local areas in Hamworthy , and the 53rd highest crime rate of 1,180 local areas in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around New Quay Road (BH15 4AF) in the last 12 months was 312.5 per 1,000 residents and was 326.7% higher than the Hamworthy average (73.2 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 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 130.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around New Quay Road (BH15 4AF), the main crime hotspot is near Station Road. Police recorded 55 crimes here, including 24 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Stabler Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Station Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Station Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Station Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shapwick Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shapwick Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Norton Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Station Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Adams Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stabler Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Road | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
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