Total Crime Rate

193.4 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 193.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 82.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 39.3 9/10
  • Shoplifting 16.4 6/10
  • Public order 13.1 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.8 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.6 8/10
  • Other theft 6.6 6/10
  • Burglary 3.3 3/10
  • Drugs 3.3 3/10
  • Other crime 3.3 4/10
  • Robbery 3.3 4/10
  • Theft from the person 3.3 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.3 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Curlew Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 51 local areas in Muscliff & Strouden Park , and the 123rd 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 Curlew Road (BH8 9QB) in the last 12 months was 193.4 per 1,000 residents and was 121.6% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 98.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Curlew Road (BH8 9QB), the main crime hotspot is near Castle Way. Police recorded 41 crimes here, including 13 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Curlew Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (17/17)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tytherley Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Castle Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Mallard Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mallard Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Mallard Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Cattistock Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Castle Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mallard Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mallard Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Castle Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ferris Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shawford Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ferris Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Castle Way —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shawford Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
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Data Sources

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