Total Crime Rate

1007.0 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 1007.0 10/10
  • Shoplifting 704.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 98.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 91.6 10/10
  • Robbery 28.2 10/10
  • Other theft 21.1 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 21.1 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 14.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.0 5/10
  • Drugs 7.0 7/10
  • Public order 7.0 6/10
  • Theft from the person 7.0 8/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Queens Road area has the highest crime rate of 39 local areas in Talbot & Branksome Woods , and the 7th highest crime rate of 1,191 local areas in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Queens Road (BH2 6BE) in the last 12 months was 1007.0 per 1,000 residents and was 1558.8% higher than the Talbot & Branksome Woods average (60.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 100 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 316.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 133.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 34.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Queens Road (BH2 6BE), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 140 crimes here, including 19 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

View Crime In Talbot & Branksome Woods

Crime Over Time in Queens Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (22/22)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Norwich Avenue West Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Portarlington Close —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Norwich Avenue West 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 2025Anti-social behaviour Marlborough Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Marlborough Road —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Marlborough Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Suffolk Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Netherhall Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Norwich Avenue West Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Suffolk Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Netherhall Gardens —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Netherhall Gardens —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Norwich Avenue West —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Durley Chine Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Durley Chine Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Suffolk Road —
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Data Sources

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