Total Crime Rate

225.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

76.9 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

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 225.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 94.9 10/10
  • Violent crimes 76.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 71.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.4 9/10
  • Drugs 12.8 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.3 8/10
  • Other theft 7.7 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.6 2/10
  • Burglary 2.6 1/10
  • Public order 2.6 1/10
  • Robbery 2.6 2/10
  • Theft from the person 2.6 2/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Cambridge Road area has the 29th highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Bournemouth Central , and the 97th 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 Cambridge Road (BH2 6AA) in the last 12 months was 225.6 per 1,000 residents and was 29.9% 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 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 76.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cambridge Road (BH2 6AA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 102 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.

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Crime Over Time in Cambridge Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Upper Norwich Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cambridge Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cambridge Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Upper Norwich Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Suffolk Road South Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences The Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences The Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Theft from the person The Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs The Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs The Mews Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Norwich Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mannington Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Suffolk Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Upper Norwich Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Upper Norwich Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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