Crime Rates at Bower Road, Bournemouth, BH8 9HQ

Bower Road 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 Bower Road (BH8 9HQ) 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 Bower Road (BH8 9HQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sports/Recreation Area, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mallard Road (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.