Crime Rates at Parkwood Road, Bournemouth, BH5 2BS

Parkwood Road area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 53 local areas in Boscombe East & Pokesdown , and the 171st lowest 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 Parkwood Road (BH5 2BS) in the last 12 months was 17.7 per 1,000 residents and was 76.8% lower than the Boscombe East & Pokesdown average (76.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 5.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Parkwood Road (BH5 2BS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 18 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Stourfield Road (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.