Total Crime Rate

85.6 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 85.6 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 36.0 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 27.0 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.0 9/10
  • Other theft 4.5 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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

Meadowsweet Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 62 local areas in Broadstone , and the 354th 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 Meadowsweet Road (BH17 7XU) in the last 12 months was 85.6 per 1,000 residents and was 186.7% 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( 60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 36.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Meadowsweet Road (BH17 7XU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Larch Close, where police recorded 10 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Blackbird Close (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Meadowsweet Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (4/4)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Meadowsweet Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rowan Drive —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Spruce Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bluebell Lane Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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