Total Crime Rate

698.6 per 1,000 10/10 Β· Very High

All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 698.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 245.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 168.2 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 60.8 10/10
  • Drugs 60.8 10/10
  • Other theft 49.1 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 44.4 10/10
  • Public order 30.4 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 11.7 10/10
  • Burglary 9.4 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.0 9/10
  • Other crime 4.7 6/10
  • Robbery 2.3 1/10
  • Shoplifting 2.3 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.3 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

West Hill Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Bournemouth Central , and the 17th highest crime rate of 1,191 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 West Hill Road (BH2 5EH) in the last 12 months was 698.6 per 1,000 residents and was 105.2% higher than the Bournemouth Central average (340.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 105 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 225.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 89 (β‰ˆ 207.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -16.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around West Hill Road (BH2 5EH), the main crime hotspot is near St Michael'S Road. Police recorded 86 crimes here, including 51 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in West Hill Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Priory Road β€”
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Purbeck Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Purbeck Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Purbeck Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Purbeck Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Purbeck Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Purbeck Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kerley Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Commercial Road β€”
Sep 2025Shoplifting Commercial Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Michael'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Michael'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Michael'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order St Michael'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Michael'S Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kerley Road β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Purbeck Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kerley Road β€”
Sep 2025Public order Hahnemann Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour West Cliff Gardens β€”
Sep 2025Public order Cranborne Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kerley Road β€”
Sep 2025Vehicle crime West Cliff Gardens Under investigation

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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