Total Crime Rate
100.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
39.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wimborne Road area has the 19th highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Moordown , and the 291st highest crime rate of 1,180 local areas in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Wimborne Road (BH9 2BA) in the last 12 months was 100.3 per 1,000 residents and was 91.2% higher than the Moordown average (52.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -9.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 39.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wimborne Road (BH9 2BA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Midland Road, where police recorded 40 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Moorfield Grove (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bournemouth| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Library Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Carey Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Denmark Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Midland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Midland Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Midland Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | King George Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Castle Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Castle Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Moorfield Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Moorfield Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moorfield Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Balfour Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lampton Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lampton Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lampton Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lampton Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lampton Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Queen Mary Avenue | — |
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