Total Crime Rate
83.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
34.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Norwich Avenue area has the 31st lowest crime rate of 88 local areas in Bournemouth Central , and the 350th 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 5TQ) in the last 12 months was 83.3 per 1,000 residents and was 74.1% lower than the Bournemouth Central average (322.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 34.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -37.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Norwich Avenue (BH2 5TQ), 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.
View Crime In Bournemouth| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Michael'S Place | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mannington Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cambridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cambridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mannington Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cambridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Avenue Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bradburne Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Avenue Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Avenue Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Avenue Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Avenue Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cambridge Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cambridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Crescent Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Norwich Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Michael'S Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | The Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | The Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | The Mews | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | The Mews | — |
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