Total Crime Rate
41.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Barrowgate Way area has the 21st lowest crime rate of 51 local areas in Muscliff & Strouden Park , and the 504th lowest 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 Barrowgate Way (BH8 0HD) in the last 12 months was 41.5 per 1,000 residents and was 52.5% lower than the Muscliff & Strouden Park average (87.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 700.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -57.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 7.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -62.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Barrowgate Way (BH8 0HD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Broadway Lane, where police recorded 12 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hungerford Road (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Muscliff & Strouden Park| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Broadway Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bradford Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Broadway Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rownhams Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chesildene Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dibden Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dibden Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dibden Close | Under investigation |
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