Total Crime Rate

378.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

166.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 378.4 10/10
  • Violent crimes 166.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 139.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 131.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 30.9 10/10
  • Public order 27.0 10/10
  • Other theft 19.3 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 15.4 9/10
  • Burglary 11.6 9/10
  • Shoplifting 3.9 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 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
  • 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

Birch Drive area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 51 local areas in Muscliff & Strouden Park , and the 38th highest crime rate of 1,180 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 Birch Drive (BH8 0LS) in the last 12 months was 378.4 per 1,000 residents and was 305.4% higher 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 36 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -16.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 43 (≈ 166.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Birch Drive (BH8 0LS), 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 Birch Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (21/21)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hopkins Close Action to be taken by another organisation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Jewell Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Noyce Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Jewell Road 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 2026Public order Jewell Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Jewell Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Noyce Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Jewell Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Tyrrell Gardens —
Apr 2026Public order Birch Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Stone Gardens Further investigation is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Stone Gardens —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Cheshire Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hopkins Close Action to be taken by another organisation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Stone Gardens —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Throop Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hopkins Close Action to be taken by another organisation
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Data Sources

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