Total Crime Rate

374.2 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 374.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 138.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 69.2 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 50.3 10/10
  • Other theft 28.3 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 22.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 22.0 9/10
  • Burglary 15.7 10/10
  • Public order 15.7 9/10
  • Shoplifting 6.3 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.1 4/10
  • Theft from the person 3.1 4/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Cowley Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 103 local areas in Canford Heath , and the 39th highest crime rate of 1,191 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 Cowley Road (BH17 0UJ) in the last 12 months was 374.2 per 1,000 residents and was 364.6% higher than the Canford Heath average (80.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 44 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 120.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -83.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 88.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cowley Road (BH17 0UJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cowley Road, where police recorded 20 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Waterston Close (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Cowley Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (2/2)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cowley Road —
Sep 2025Burglary Morris Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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