Crime Rates at Alum Chine Road, Bournemouth, BH4 8DS

Alum Chine Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 38 local areas in Talbot & Branksome Woods , and the 285th highest crime rate of 1,181 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 Alum Chine Road (BH4 8DS) in the last 12 months was 99.6 per 1,000 residents and was 49.0% higher than the Talbot & Branksome Woods average (66.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 34.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -90.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Alum Chine Road (BH4 8DS), the main crime hotspot is near Eldon Place. Police recorded 37 crimes here, including 11 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.