Total Crime Rate

84.6 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

15.7 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 84.6 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 40.8 9/10
  • Violent crimes 15.7 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 15.7 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.3 5/10
  • Drugs 3.1 3/10
  • Other crime 3.1 3/10
  • Shoplifting 3.1 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Norwich Avenue 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 Norwich Avenue (BH2 5TG) 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 Norwich Avenue (BH2 5TG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Avenue Lane, where police recorded 210 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Purbeck Road (37 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Norwich Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mannington Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Mannington Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bradburne Road
Apr 2026Theft from the person West Hill Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour West Hill Place
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Commercial Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Commercial Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour West Hill Place
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Durley Chine Road
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Suffolk Road South Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Crescent Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St Michael'S Place
Apr 2026Shoplifting Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Upper Norwich Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Upper Norwich Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Upper Norwich Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Upper Norwich Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Upper Norwich Road
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Poole Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Poole Hill Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Avenue Lane
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Avenue Lane
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Avenue Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Avenue Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St Michael'S Place

Data Sources

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