Total Crime Rate
3.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
0.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Littlecroft Avenue area has the lowest crime rate of 51 local areas in Muscliff & Strouden Park , and the 11th lowest crime rate of 1,180 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 Littlecroft Avenue (BH9 3HR) in the last 12 months was 3.7 per 1,000 residents and was 96.1% lower than the Muscliff & Strouden Park average (93.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
In the area around Littlecroft Avenue (BH9 3HR), 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.
View Crime In Bournemouth| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gillingham Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Larksfield Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Warmwell Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gillingham Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Charminster Place | Under investigation |
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