Total Crime Rate
131.1 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
63.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Yeatminster Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 101 local areas in Canford Heath , and the 193rd highest crime rate of 1,180 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 Yeatminster Road (BH17 8AJ) in the last 12 months was 131.1 per 1,000 residents and was 80.7% higher than the Canford Heath average (72.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -7.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (β 63.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Yeatminster Road (BH17 8AJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 68 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Yeatminster Road (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Poole| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bovington Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bovington Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Puddletown Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pimpern Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Knowlton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Knowlton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Yeatminster Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Canford Heath Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Canford Heath Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Bovington Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bovington Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Culliford Crescent | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bovington Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashdown Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ashdown Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ashdown Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | β |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Puddletown Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | β |
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