Total Crime Rate

525.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 525.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 157.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 107.0 10/10
  • Public order 58.4 10/10
  • Other theft 54.5 10/10
  • Shoplifting 40.9 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 29.2 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 27.2 10/10
  • Other crime 11.7 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.7 8/10
  • Burglary 7.8 7/10
  • Drugs 7.8 7/10
  • Theft from the person 7.8 8/10
  • Robbery 3.9 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.0 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

Walkwood Avenue area has the highest crime rate of 40 local areas in Littledown & Iford , and the 24th 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 Walkwood Avenue (BH7 7HG) in the last 12 months was 525.3 per 1,000 residents and was 693.8% higher than the Littledown & Iford average (66.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 81 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 114 (≈ 221.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Walkwood Avenue (BH7 7HG), the main crime hotspot is near Hospital. Police recorded 153 crimes here, including 81 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Walkwood Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (15/15)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Hospital Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bartlett Drive —
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hospital —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hospital —
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Tan Howse Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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