Total Crime Rate

103.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

54.6 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 103.5 8/10
  • Violent crimes 54.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 43.1 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 28.7 9/10
  • Public order 11.5 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.5 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.8 5/10
  • Burglary 2.9 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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

Braishfield Gardens area has the 14th highest crime rate of 51 local areas in Muscliff & Strouden Park , and the 273rd highest crime rate of 1,180 local areas in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Braishfield Gardens (BH8 0QA) in the last 12 months was 103.5 per 1,000 residents and was 10.8% 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 54.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 58.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -10.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Braishfield Gardens (BH8 0QA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hamblin Way, where police recorded 120 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Tytherley Green (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Braishfield Gardens area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Bramshaw Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Hamblin Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Hamblin Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Hamblin Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Hamblin Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Hamblin Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Hamblin Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Hamblin Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Hamblin Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area
Apr 2026Shoplifting Hamblin Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Hamblin Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Hamblin Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Hamblin Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Hamblin Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hamblin Way
Apr 2026Shoplifting Hamblin Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Hamblin Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Hamblin Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Hamblin Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Hamblin Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Hamblin Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Hamblin Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Hamblin Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Hamblin Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Hamblin Way Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Hamblin Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Hamblin Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Hamblin Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Hamblin Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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