Total Crime Rate

151.9 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 151.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 63.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 45.9 8/10
  • Public order 10.6 7/10
  • Drugs 7.1 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.1 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.5 3/10
  • Other crime 3.5 5/10
  • Other theft 3.5 3/10
  • Robbery 3.5 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.5 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Wimborne Road area has the 40th highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Bournemouth Central , and the 171st highest crime rate of 1,191 local areas in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Wimborne Road (BH2 6QB) in the last 12 months was 151.9 per 1,000 residents and was 55.4% 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 18 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 Violence and sexual offences ( 1200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 67.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 850.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 103.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wimborne Road (BH2 6QB), the main crime hotspot is near St Augustin'S Road. Police recorded 52 crimes here, including 25 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Wimborne Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft The Deans Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Rushton Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rushton Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rushton Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cavendish Place Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cavendish Place Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rushton Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rushton Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Augustin'S Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Augustin'S Road
Sep 2025Burglary St Winifred'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs St Augustin'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Augustin'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Meyrick Park Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime St Ives Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Deans Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Deans Under investigation

Data Sources

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