Total Crime Rate
57.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
51.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Calmore Close area has the 24th highest crime rate of 51 local areas in Muscliff & Strouden Park , and the 525th highest crime rate of 1,180 local areas in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Calmore Close (BH8 0NN) in the last 12 months was 57.8 per 1,000 residents and was 38.0% 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 75.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 51.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Calmore Close (BH8 0NN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Broadway Lane, where police recorded 20 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dibden Close (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bournemouth| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chesildene Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Broadway Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rownhams Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dibden Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Calmore Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Calmore Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Heather Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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