Total Crime Rate

234.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · 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 234.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 66.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 52.1 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 40.3 10/10
  • Other theft 21.3 10/10
  • Burglary 19.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.2 8/10
  • Drugs 9.5 8/10
  • Public order 9.5 7/10
  • Other crime 2.4 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

West Cliff Gardens area has the 27th highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Bournemouth Central , and the 91st highest crime rate of 1,191 local areas in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around West Cliff Gardens (BH2 5HW) in the last 12 months was 234.6 per 1,000 residents and was 31.1% lower than the Bournemouth Central average (340.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -52.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 75.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around West Cliff Gardens (BH2 5HW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 119 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St Michael'S Road (51 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in West Cliff Gardens area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Durley Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Poole Hill Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Michael'S Road
Sep 2025Public order 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 2025Violence and sexual offences St Michael'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Under investigation
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 Durley Gardens Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Burglary West Cliff Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Durley Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Durley Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Durley Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Durley Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Durley Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Durley Gardens Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Poole Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Poole Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Poole Hill
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour West Cliff Gardens
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Vehicle crime West Cliff Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Durley Chine Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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