Total Crime Rate
11.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Dunbar Road area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 39 local areas in Talbot & Branksome Woods , and the 85th lowest crime rate of 1,191 local areas in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Dunbar Road (BH3 7AY) in the last 12 months was 11.3 per 1,000 residents and was 81.4% lower than the Talbot & Branksome Woods average (60.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -90.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dunbar Road (BH3 7AY), 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.
View Crime In Talbot & Branksome Woods| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Dunbar Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rushton Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Augustin'S Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | St Augustin'S Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Augustin'S Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rushton Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Augustin'S Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rushton Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rushton Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Rushton Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Meyrick Park Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lonsdale Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lonsdale Road | — |
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