Total Crime Rate

217.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 217.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 119.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 34.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 20.4 8/10
  • Other theft 17.0 9/10
  • Public order 10.2 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.8 6/10
  • Burglary 3.4 3/10
  • Drugs 3.4 3/10
  • Other crime 3.4 4/10
  • Bicycle 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
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

Bournemouth Park Road area has the 16th highest crime rate of 33 local areas in Victoria , and the 62nd highest crime rate of 530 local areas in Southend-on-Sea .

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 Bournemouth Park Road (SS2 5JN) in the last 12 months was 217.7 per 1,000 residents and was 7.2% lower than the Victoria average (234.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 900.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 38 (≈ 129.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 40.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -21.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bournemouth Park Road (SS2 5JN), the main crime hotspot is near Swanage Road. Police recorded 68 crimes here, including 42 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Bournemouth Park Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Chestnut Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wordsworth Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Swanage Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wordsworth Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chestnut Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chestnut Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bournemouth Park Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bournemouth Park Road —
Sep 2025Other theft Wordsworth Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Branksome Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Branksome Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Swanage Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lawn Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ely Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shelley Square —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dryden Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dryden Avenue —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wimborne Road Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Grove —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Swanage Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime The Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime The Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ely Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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