Total Crime Rate

92.0 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

36.8 per 1,000 7/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 92.0 7/10
  • Violent crimes 36.8 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 33.7 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 30.7 9/10
  • Other theft 12.3 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.2 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.1 2/10
  • Public order 3.1 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Cheshire Drive area has the 16th highest crime rate of 51 local areas in Muscliff & Strouden Park , and the 322nd highest crime rate of 1,180 local areas in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Cheshire Drive (BH8 0JU) in the last 12 months was 92.0 per 1,000 residents and was 1.4% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 11.1% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 36.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -78.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cheshire Drive (BH8 0JU), the main crime hotspot is near Jewell Road. Police recorded 89 crimes here, including 36 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Cheshire Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (18/18)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Noyce Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hopkins Close Action to be taken by another organisation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Noyce Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wilkinson Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Wilkinson Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Wilkinson Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Wilkinson Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Throop Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Tyrrell Gardens —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hopkins Close Action to be taken by another organisation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hopkins Close Action to be taken by another organisation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Cheshire Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Birch Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Jewell Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Jewell Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Jewell Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Jewell Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Jewell Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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