Crime Rates at Sea Road, Boscombe, Bournemouth, BH5 1JR

Sea Road area has the 16th lowest crime rate of 36 local areas in Boscombe West , and the 336th 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 Sea Road (BH5 1JR) in the last 12 months was 89.7 per 1,000 residents and was 34.1% lower than the Boscombe West average (136.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -61.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 16.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sea Road (BH5 1JR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 90 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Roumelia Lane (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.