Total Crime Rate
15.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
3.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Grange Road area has the 14th lowest crime rate of 63 local areas in Broadstone , and the 138th 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 Grange Road (BH18 8LA) in the last 12 months was 15.0 per 1,000 residents and was 49.5% lower than the Broadstone average (29.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Burglary with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violent crimes with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Grange Road (BH18 8LA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 37 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Broadstone| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westheath Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Macaulay Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Macaulay Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | York Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Selby Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Heysham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Heysham Road | Under investigation |
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