Crime Rates at Suffolk Road, Bournemouth, BH2 5SY

Suffolk Road area has the 32nd lowest crime rate of 88 local areas in Bournemouth Central , and the 347th 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 Suffolk Road (BH2 5SY) in the last 12 months was 84.6 per 1,000 residents and was 73.7% lower 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violent crimes ( -58.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 15.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -58.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Suffolk Road (BH2 5SY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Norwich Avenue West, where police recorded 65 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.