Total Crime Rate

216.0 per 1,000 10/10 Β· Very High

All offences Β· 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 216.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 89.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 33.2 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 26.6 10/10
  • Public order 19.9 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.6 9/10
  • Burglary 6.6 7/10
  • Drugs 6.6 7/10
  • Other crime 6.6 8/10
  • Other theft 6.6 6/10
  • Robbery 3.3 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Cambridge 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 area’s 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‰ˆ 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.

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Crime Over Time in Cambridge Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Poole Hill Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Other crime Suffolk Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Durley Chine Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Durley Chine Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Crescent Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Crescent Road β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Poole Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Poole Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Poole Hill β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Suffolk Road β€”
Sep 2025Public order Suffolk Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Norwich Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Commercial Road β€”
Sep 2025Public order Norwich Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Norwich Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Somerville Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Mews β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Mews Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bradburne Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cambridge Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cambridge Road β€”
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Crescent Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Commercial Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Triangle Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bradburne Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bradburne Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bradburne Road β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation

Data Sources

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