Total Crime Rate
5.7 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
2.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Marshwood Avenue area has the lowest crime rate of 101 local areas in Canford Heath , and the 26th 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 Marshwood Avenue (BH17 9EP) in the last 12 months was 5.7 per 1,000 residents and was 92.1% lower than the Canford Heath average (72.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 1 (β 2.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Marshwood Avenue (BH17 9EP), 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 | Other theft | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pimpern Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Puddletown Crescent | 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Puddletown Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Canford Heath Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Culliford Crescent | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Yeatminster Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Canford Heath Road | Under investigation |
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