Total Crime Rate

112.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 112.6 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 47.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 34.1 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.7 9/10
  • Drugs 6.8 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.4 5/10
  • Burglary 3.4 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.4 2/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Southwick Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 40 local areas in Littledown & Iford , and the 253rd highest crime rate of 1,191 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 Southwick Road (BH6 5PT) in the last 12 months was 112.6 per 1,000 residents and was 70.2% higher than the Littledown & Iford average (66.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 34.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 42.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Southwick Road (BH6 5PT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hambledon Gardens, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ropley Road (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Southwick Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rushmere Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shelton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shelton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Shelton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hambledon Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hambledon Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hambledon Gardens —
Sep 2025Public order Inverleigh Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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