Crime Rates at Townsville Road, Bournemouth, BH9 3HL

Townsville Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 51 local areas in Muscliff & Strouden Park , and the 272nd 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 Townsville Road (BH9 3HL) in the last 12 months was 103.5 per 1,000 residents and was 10.9% higher than the Muscliff & Strouden Park average (93.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 21.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -27.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Townsville Road (BH9 3HL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Charminster Place (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.