Total Crime Rate

251.9 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

74.8 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

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 251.9 10/10
  • Shoplifting 84.8 9/10
  • Violent crimes 74.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 49.9 10/10
  • Public order 34.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 34.9 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.5 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.5 9/10
  • Burglary 10.0 8/10
  • Other theft 5.0 5/10
  • Robbery 5.0 7/10
  • Drugs 2.5 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Deans Road area has the highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Boscombe East & Pokesdown , and the 78th 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 Deans Road (BH5 2DA) in the last 12 months was 251.9 per 1,000 residents and was 220.6% 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 Shoplifting with 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 41.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -39.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 74.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Deans Road (BH5 2DA), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 53 crimes here, including 12 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Deans Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (22/22)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Southbourne Road —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Cromwell Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chilcombe Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Seabourne Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Appletree Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chilcombe Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cromwell Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Oxford Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Alexandra Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Appletree Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Broom Lane —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Oxford Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sunnyhill Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Cromwell Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Stedman Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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