Crime Rates at Ridley Road, Bournemouth, BH9 1LD

Ridley Road area has the 25th highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Moordown , and the 437th 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 Ridley Road (BH9 1LD) in the last 12 months was 68.9 per 1,000 residents and was 34.5% 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 29.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ridley Road (BH9 1LD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Pine Road, where police recorded 90 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Alexander Gardens (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.