Crime Rates at Owls Road, Bournemouth, BH5 1AG

Owls Road area has the 17th lowest crime rate of 36 local areas in Boscombe West , and the 333rd highest 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 Owls Road (BH5 1AG) in the last 12 months was 90.9 per 1,000 residents and was 33.2% lower than the Boscombe West average (136.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 54.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ).

In the area around Owls Road (BH5 1AG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 90 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Theatre/Concert Hall (43 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.