Total Crime Rate

165.0 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 165.0 9/10
  • Shoplifting 82.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 20.6 8/10
  • Other theft 20.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 20.6 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.3 7/10
  • Public order 6.9 6/10
  • Robbery 3.4 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Lyndhurst Road area has the highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Highcliffe & Walkford , and the 145th 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 Lyndhurst Road (BH23 4WL) in the last 12 months was 165.0 per 1,000 residents and was 470.0% higher than the Highcliffe & Walkford average (28.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 30.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lyndhurst Road (BH23 4WL), the main crime hotspot is near Rose Gardens. Police recorded 12 crimes here, including 3 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Lyndhurst Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (2/2)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rose Gardens —
Sep 2025Public order Westfield Gardens Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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