Total Crime Rate

223.1 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 223.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 84.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 71.8 9/10
  • Other theft 15.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.8 8/10
  • Drugs 12.8 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.8 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.1 7/10
  • Shoplifting 5.1 4/10
  • Other crime 2.6 2/10
  • Burglary 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Norwich Avenue 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 Avenue (BH2 5TJ) 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 Avenue (BH2 5TJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 140 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (25 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
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Mews
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Triangle
Sep 2025Shoplifting The Triangle Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Triangle Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Norwich Avenue West
Sep 2025Other theft Norwich Avenue West Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Norwich Avenue West Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Norwich Avenue West Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Durley Chine Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Mews Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Somerville Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Suffolk Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Suffolk Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Durley Chine Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Suffolk Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences West Hill Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Poole Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Poole Hill Under investigation

Data Sources

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