Total Crime Rate

86.4 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

26.2 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 86.4 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 28.8 9/10
  • Violent crimes 26.2 5/10
  • Public order 13.1 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 13.1 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.9 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.9 7/10
  • Burglary 5.2 6/10
  • Other theft 5.2 5/10
  • Drugs 2.6 2/10
  • Other crime 2.6 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Browning Avenue area has the 17th highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Boscombe East & Pokesdown , and the 342nd highest crime rate of 1,180 local areas in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Browning Avenue (BH5 1NP) in the last 12 months was 86.4 per 1,000 residents and was 10.0% higher than the Boscombe East & Pokesdown average (78.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 26.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Browning Avenue (BH5 1NP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Christchurch Road, where police recorded 59 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Haviland Road (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Browning Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wilton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs St James'S Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Haviland Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Colonnade Road West Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Christchurch Road
Apr 2026Vehicle crime York Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Colonnade Road West Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Colonnade Road West Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Gladstone Road East Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Theatre/Concert Hall
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wilton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Heathcote Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wilton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wilton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wilton Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wilton Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wilton Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Christchurch Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Christchurch Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Christchurch Road
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Heathcote Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Christchurch Road
Apr 2026Robbery Heathcote Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Langton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Crabton Close Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Crabton Close Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Warwick Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Haviland Road East Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Haviland Road East Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Haviland Mews

Data Sources

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