Total Crime Rate
103.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
54.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Braishfield 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.
View Crime In Bournemouth| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Bramshaw Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hamblin Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hamblin Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hamblin Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hamblin Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hamblin Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hamblin Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hamblin Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hamblin Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hamblin Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hamblin Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hamblin Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Hamblin Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Hamblin Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hamblin Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hamblin Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hamblin Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hamblin Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hamblin Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hamblin Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hamblin Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hamblin Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hamblin Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hamblin Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hamblin Way | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hamblin Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hamblin Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hamblin Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hamblin Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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