Crime Rates at Barrow Drive, Bournemouth, BH8 0HY

Barrow Drive 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 Barrow Drive (BH8 0HY) 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 Barrow Drive (BH8 0HY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Stone Gardens, where police recorded 24 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Poppy Lane (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.