Total Crime Rate
297.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Jewell Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 51 local areas in Muscliff & Strouden Park , and the 61st highest crime rate of 1,191 local areas in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Jewell Road (BH8 0JW) in the last 12 months was 297.3 per 1,000 residents and was 240.6% higher 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 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 42 (≈ 162.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 0.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Jewell Road (BH8 0JW), the main crime hotspot is near Jewell Road. Police recorded 70 crimes here, including 36 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Muscliff & Strouden Park| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Jewell Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stone Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Watton Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Watton Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cheshire Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Jewell Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Jewell Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Throop Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Throop Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stone Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stone Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Stone Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Stone Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Jewell Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Jewell Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Jewell Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Jewell Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hogarth Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Jewell Road | — |
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