Crime Rates at Crescent Road, Bournemouth, BH2 5SS

Crescent Road area has the 32nd highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Bournemouth Central , and the 103rd 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 Crescent Road (BH2 5SS) in the last 12 months was 216.0 per 1,000 residents and was 36.6% 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 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -56.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 56.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -34.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 46.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Crescent Road (BH2 5SS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Avenue Lane, where police recorded 173 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Purbeck Road (40 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.