Total Crime Rate

16.5 per 1,000 2/10 · Very Low

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 16.5 2/10
  • Burglary 6.6 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.3 2/10
  • Public order 3.3 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.3 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 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

Newmorton Road area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 76 local areas in Moordown , and the 159th lowest 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 Newmorton Road (BH9 3NX) in the last 12 months was 16.5 per 1,000 residents and was 67.9% lower than the Moordown average (51.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Burglary with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -75.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Newmorton Road (BH9 3NX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 21 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Park Lane (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Newmorton Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Newmorton Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lawford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Moordown Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lawford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation

Data Sources

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