Total Crime Rate
163.7 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
50.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Rowbarrow Close area has the 10th highest crime rate of 101 local areas in Canford Heath , and the 148th highest crime rate of 1,180 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 Rowbarrow Close (BH17 9EA) in the last 12 months was 163.7 per 1,000 residents and was 125.6% higher than the Canford Heath average (72.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (β 50.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -19.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -15.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Rowbarrow Close (BH17 9EA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 68 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Chedington Close (16 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 | Canford Heath Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | β |
| 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 | Chedington Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Canford Heath Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Puddletown Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | β |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thorncombe Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Puddletown Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chedington Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Culliford Crescent | β |
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