Total Crime Rate

87.4 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 87.4 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 55.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.5 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.0 6/10
  • Burglary 3.5 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.5 3/10
  • Public order 3.5 3/10
  • Theft from the person 3.5 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Higher Blandford Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 62 local areas in Broadstone , and the 346th 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 Higher Blandford Road (BH21 3JG) in the last 12 months was 87.4 per 1,000 residents and was 192.8% higher than the Broadstone average (29.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 59.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 21.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Higher Blandford Road (BH21 3JG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Phelipps Road, where police recorded 9 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Higher Blandford Road (5 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Higher Blandford Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (4/4)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Diana Way —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jubilee Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Phelipps Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Higher Blandford Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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