Crime Rates at Hastings Road, Bournemouth, BH8 0HN

Hastings Road area has the 19th highest crime rate of 51 local areas in Muscliff & Strouden Park , and the 412th highest crime rate of 1,191 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 Hastings Road (BH8 0HN) in the last 12 months was 73.8 per 1,000 residents and was 15.5% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -26.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 48.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 5.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hastings Road (BH8 0HN), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 41 crimes here, including 9 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.