Total Crime Rate
11.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
8.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Beamish Road area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 101 local areas in Canford Heath , and the 94th lowest crime rate of 1,180 local areas in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Beamish Road (BH17 8SH) in the last 12 months was 11.1 per 1,000 residents and was 84.6% lower than the Canford Heath average (72.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 8.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Beamish Road (BH17 8SH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ashdown Close (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Poole| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beamish Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Tait Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gray Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gray Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kelly Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Adastral Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Adastral Road | — |
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