Total Crime Rate

93.7 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 93.7 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 46.8 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.8 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.8 8/10
  • Other theft 11.0 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.3 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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

Markham Road area has the 20th highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Moordown , and the 323rd 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 Markham Road (BH9 1JB) in the last 12 months was 93.7 per 1,000 residents and was 82.9% higher than the Moordown average (51.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 3 cases , down -62.5% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -62.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 46.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Markham Road (BH9 1JB), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 278 crimes here, including 17 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Markham Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Maxwell Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Portland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Strouden Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Strouden Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Green Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Murley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hankinson Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sports/Recreation Area
Sep 2025Other theft Sports/Recreation Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Maxwell Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Maxwell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Maxwell Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Maxwell Road
Sep 2025Theft from the person Sports/Recreation Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brownen Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rutland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Firbank Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Charminster Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Charminster Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Acland Road
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Acland Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Awaiting court outcome

Data Sources

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