Total Crime Rate

46.4 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

4.2 per 1,000 1/10 · Very Low

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 46.4 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 25.3 10/10
  • Burglary 8.4 8/10
  • Violent crimes 4.2 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.2 4/10
  • Theft from the person 4.2 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 4.2 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Parkway Drive area has the 24th lowest crime rate of 51 local areas in Muscliff & Strouden Park , and the 552nd lowest crime rate of 1,180 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 Parkway Drive (BH8 9JP) in the last 12 months was 46.4 per 1,000 residents and was 50.3% lower than the Muscliff & Strouden Park average (93.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violent crimes with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 4.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Parkway Drive (BH8 9JP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Vanguard Road, where police recorded 7 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wordsworth Avenue (3 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Parkway Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (4/4)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Hightrees Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Feversham Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Parkway Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wordsworth Avenue Under investigation
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Data Sources

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