Crime Rates at Irving Road, Bournemouth, BH6 5BL

Irving Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 40 local areas in Littledown & Iford , and the 257th 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 Irving Road (BH6 5BL) in the last 12 months was 107.6 per 1,000 residents and was 58.7% higher than the Littledown & Iford average (67.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 40.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Irving Road (BH6 5BL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Kingfisher Close (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.