Total Crime Rate
231.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Holdenhurst Road area has the 28th highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Bournemouth Central , and the 93rd highest crime rate of 1,191 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 Holdenhurst Road (BH8 8DP) in the last 12 months was 231.3 per 1,000 residents and was 32.0% lower than the Bournemouth Central average (340.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 142 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 24.6% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 167 (≈ 84.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 8.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Holdenhurst Road (BH8 8DP), the main crime hotspot is near Lansdowne Crescent. Police recorded 346 crimes here, including 125 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Bournemouth Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lansdowne Crescent | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Lansdowne Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lansdowne Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lansdowne Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lansdowne Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lansdowne Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lansdowne Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lansdowne Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Paul'S Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Paul'S Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lansdowne Mews | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Oxford Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lansdowne Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Oxford Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Oxford Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Oxford Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Oxford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxford Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxford Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lansdowne Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lansdowne Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Swithun'S Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Lansdowne Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lansdowne Crescent | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lansdowne Crescent | — |
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