Total Crime Rate
630.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
182.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026St Michaels Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Bournemouth Central , and the 18th highest crime rate of 1,180 local areas in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around St Michaels Road (BH2 5DS) in the last 12 months was 630.8 per 1,000 residents and was 95.9% higher than the Bournemouth Central average (322.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 99 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 78 (≈ 182.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around St Michaels Road (BH2 5DS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 220 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (67 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bournemouth| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | West Cliff Promenade | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Orchard Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Orchard Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Terrace Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Orchard Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Terrace Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Terrace Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Terrace Road | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tregonwell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tregonwell Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tregonwell Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Avenue Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Orchard Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Orchard Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Avenue Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
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