Total Crime Rate

11.3 per 1,000 1/10 · Very Low

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 11.3 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.8 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.8 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.8 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 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

Dunbar 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.

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Crime Over Time in Dunbar Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Dunbar Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rushton Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Augustin'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs St Augustin'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Augustin'S Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rushton Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Augustin'S Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rushton Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rushton Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Rushton Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Meyrick Park Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lonsdale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lonsdale Road

Data Sources

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