Total Crime Rate
216.0 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Cambridge Road area has the 32nd highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Bournemouth Central , and the 103rd 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 Cambridge Road (BH2 6AG) in the last 12 months was 216.0 per 1,000 residents and was 36.6% lower than the Bournemouth Central average (340.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -56.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (β 56.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -34.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 46.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cambridge Road (BH2 6AG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near The Mews, where police recorded 59 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.
View Crime In Bournemouth Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Poole Hill | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Suffolk Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Durley Chine Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Durley Chine Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Crescent Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Crescent Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Poole Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Poole Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Poole Hill | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Suffolk Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Suffolk Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Norwich Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Commercial Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Norwich Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Norwich Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Somerville Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | The Mews | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Mews | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bradburne Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cambridge Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cambridge Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Crescent Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Commercial Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Triangle | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Bradburne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bradburne Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bradburne Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
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