Total Crime Rate

86.6 per 1,000 7/10 · High

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 86.6 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 32.5 9/10
  • Shoplifting 25.3 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 18.1 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.2 6/10
  • Robbery 3.6 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Sturminster Road area has the 16th highest crime rate of 51 local areas in Muscliff & Strouden Park , and the 349th highest crime rate of 1,191 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 Sturminster Road (BH9 3PN) in the last 12 months was 86.6 per 1,000 residents and was 0.7% lower than the Muscliff & Strouden Park average (87.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -68.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 21.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -62.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 45.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sturminster Road (BH9 3PN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Tolpuddle Gardens, where police recorded 15 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Thorncombe Close (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Sturminster Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (4/4)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cox Avenue Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Public order Sandringham Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cerne Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Tolpuddle Gardens Under investigation
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Data Sources

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