Crime Rates at Ashbourne Road, Bournemouth, BH5 2JS

Ashbourne Road area has the 16th highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Boscombe East & Pokesdown , and the 386th highest crime rate of 1,191 local areas in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Ashbourne Road (BH5 2JS) in the last 12 months was 78.5 per 1,000 residents and was 3.0% higher 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -53.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 30.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -79.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ashbourne Road (BH5 2JS), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 78 crimes here, including 20 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.