Total Crime Rate

250.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 250.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 66.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 50.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 45.8 8/10
  • Shoplifting 41.7 8/10
  • Burglary 16.7 10/10
  • Other theft 12.5 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 8.3 9/10
  • Public order 4.2 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.2 4/10
  • 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Helyar Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 51 local areas in Muscliff & Strouden Park , and the 87th 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 Helyar Road (BH8 0LX) in the last 12 months was 250.0 per 1,000 residents and was 186.4% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 50.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 114.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Helyar Road (BH8 0LX), the main crime hotspot is near Stone Gardens. Police recorded 24 crimes here, including 11 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Helyar Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (18/18)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Mountbatten Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hogarth Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wilverley Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stacey Gardens —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stone Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stone Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stone Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Stone Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Stone Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Barrow Drive —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wilverley Avenue —
Sep 2025Public order Ibbertson Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cowdrey Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cowdrey Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cowdrey Gardens —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mountbatten Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Woodbury Avenue —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ibbertson Close Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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