Total Crime Rate
223.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Norwich Road area has the 30th highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Bournemouth Central , and the 98th 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 Norwich Road (BH2 5QZ) in the last 12 months was 223.1 per 1,000 residents and was 34.5% lower 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 33 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 71.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -16.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Norwich Road (BH2 5QZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Avenue Lane, where police recorded 173 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.
View Crime In Bournemouth Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bradburne Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Purbeck Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Poole Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Poole Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Poole Hill | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Purbeck Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Purbeck Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Purbeck Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Purbeck Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Purbeck Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Norwich Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Norwich Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Norwich Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Purbeck Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | The Triangle | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Poole Hill | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | West Hill Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Triangle | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Hahnemann Road | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bradburne Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bradburne Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | West Hill Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | West Hill Place | Offender given a caution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | West Hill Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | West Hill Place | — |
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