Total Crime Rate

217.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

84.9 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 217.0 10/10
  • Violent crimes 84.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 75.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 75.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.9 9/10
  • Other theft 18.9 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 14.2 9/10
  • Public order 9.4 7/10
  • Burglary 4.7 5/10
  • 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
  • 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

Cowdrey Gardens area has the 5th highest crime rate of 51 local areas in Muscliff & Strouden Park , and the 103rd highest crime rate of 1,180 local areas in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Cowdrey Gardens (BH8 0LU) in the last 12 months was 217.0 per 1,000 residents and was 132.5% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 50.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 84.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cowdrey Gardens (BH8 0LU), the main crime hotspot is near Mountbatten Gardens. Police recorded 32 crimes here, including 12 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Cowdrey Gardens area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (10/10)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Ibbertson Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Wilverley Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Hogarth Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Stone Gardens —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ibbertson Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ibbertson Close —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ibbertson Close —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Stone Gardens —
Apr 2026Burglary Stone Gardens Further investigation is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Hogarth Way Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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