Total Crime Rate

120.0 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 120.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 40.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 27.4 8/10
  • Other theft 14.7 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 14.7 9/10
  • Burglary 10.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.3 5/10
  • Public order 6.3 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Wellington Road area has the 39th lowest crime rate of 88 local areas in Bournemouth Central , and the 232nd 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 Wellington Road (BH8 8JA) in the last 12 months was 120.0 per 1,000 residents and was 64.7% lower than the Bournemouth Central average (340.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 3 cases , down -57.1% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 46.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -1.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wellington Road (BH8 8JA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Alington Road, where police recorded 75 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Milton Road (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Wellington Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Alington Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Milton Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alington Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alington Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Alington Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Alington Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Alington Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Alington Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Alington Road —
Sep 2025Burglary Alington Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Milton Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Milton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Milton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Portchester Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Portchester Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cavendish Place Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cavendish Place Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Drugs Portchester Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Portchester Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alington Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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