Total Crime Rate

61.7 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

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 61.7 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 27.8 10/10
  • Burglary 15.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.3 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.1 2/10
  • Other theft 3.1 2/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 3.1 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Broad Avenue area has the 27th highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Moordown , and the 493rd highest crime rate of 1,191 local areas in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Broad Avenue (BH8 9HE) in the last 12 months was 61.7 per 1,000 residents and was 20.5% higher than the Moordown average (51.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 350.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 1.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Broad Avenue (BH8 9HE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Broad Avenue, where police recorded 12 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Brackendale Road (2 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Broad Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (2/2)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Maurice Road —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Broad Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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