Total Crime Rate

43.2 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

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 43.2 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 37.0 7/10
  • Other theft 6.2 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Beechbank Avenue area has the 21st highest crime rate of 62 local areas in Broadstone , and the 523rd lowest crime rate of 1,191 local areas in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Beechbank Avenue (BH17 7FF) in the last 12 months was 43.2 per 1,000 residents and was 44.8% higher than the Broadstone average (29.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 33.3% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 37.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 17.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Beechbank Avenue (BH17 7FF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Spruce Close, where police recorded 8 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sycamore Close (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Beechbank Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bluebell Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Honeysuckle Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Clover Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Buckthorn Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cowslip Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rowan Drive
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Spruce Close

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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