Crime Rates at Arnewood Road, Bournemouth, BH6 5DQ

Arnewood Road area has the 19th highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Boscombe East & Pokesdown , and the 400th highest crime rate of 1,191 local areas in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Arnewood Road (BH6 5DQ) in the last 12 months was 76.0 per 1,000 residents and was 0.4% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 2 cases , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 30.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 50.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 23.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Arnewood Road (BH6 5DQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Carbery Lane, where police recorded 59 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Frankston Road (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.