Total Crime Rate

164.1 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 164.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 50.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 46.9 8/10
  • Public order 23.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.7 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.7 8/10
  • Burglary 7.8 7/10
  • Other theft 7.8 7/10
  • Drugs 3.9 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Leydene Avenue area has the 8th highest crime rate of 51 local areas in Muscliff & Strouden Park , and the 151st highest crime rate of 1,191 local areas in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Leydene Avenue (BH8 9JQ) in the last 12 months was 164.1 per 1,000 residents and was 87.9% higher than the Muscliff & Strouden Park average (87.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 70.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 20.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Leydene Avenue (BH8 9JQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Longbarrow Close, where police recorded 26 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Poppy Lane (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Leydene Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sandy Mead Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wilverley Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hogarth Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Longbarrow Close
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Longbarrow Close
Sep 2025Public order Longbarrow Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Longbarrow Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Longbarrow Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Leydene Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Poppy Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Poppy Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Poppy Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Poppy Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Poppy Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ibbertson Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wilverley Avenue

Data Sources

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