Total Crime Rate

123.2 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 123.2 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 59.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 24.6 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.3 8/10
  • Other crime 7.4 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.4 6/10
  • Public order 4.9 4/10
  • Burglary 2.5 1/10
  • Drugs 2.5 1/10
  • Shoplifting 2.5 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Adeline Road area has the 15th highest crime rate of 36 local areas in Boscombe West , and the 223rd highest crime rate of 1,191 local areas in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Adeline Road (BH5 1EE) in the last 12 months was 123.2 per 1,000 residents and was 9.5% 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 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -16.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 64.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 62.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Adeline Road (BH5 1EE), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Adeline Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Boscombe Spa Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Campbell Road Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Campbell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Borthwick Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Borthwick Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Borthwick Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Theatre/Concert Hall Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gladstone Road West —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St John'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Randolph Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Randolph Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Randolph Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Campbell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Walpole Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —

Data Sources

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