Crime Rates at Woodbury Avenue, Bournemouth, BH8 0HJ

Woodbury Avenue area has the 25th highest crime rate of 51 local areas in Muscliff & Strouden Park , and the 542nd highest crime rate of 1,180 local areas in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Woodbury Avenue (BH8 0HJ) in the last 12 months was 55.4 per 1,000 residents and was 40.7% lower than the Muscliff & Strouden Park average (93.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violent crimes ( -55.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 14.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -55.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Woodbury Avenue (BH8 0HJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 42 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mountbatten Gardens (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.