Crime Statistics for Bournemouth, , 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Bournemouth in September 2024. There were a total of 1057 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Bournemouth, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	288
Anti Social Behaviour	281
Vehicle Crime	85
Other Theft	84
Criminal Damage Arson	64
Shoplifting	64
Public Order	50
Drugs	44
Burglary	40
Theft From The Person	19
Robbery	16
Possession Of Weapons	12
Bicycle Theft	8
Other Crime	2
All Crime	1057

Map of street level crime incidents in September 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Bournemouth. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Bournemouth

We've taken the ten nearest places to Bournemouth and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Bournemouth has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Bournemouth	1008
Springbourne (1.39 miles)	792
Talbot Village (1.96 miles)	449
Talbot Woods (0.88 miles)	311
Moordown (1.96 miles)	307
Ensbury Park (1.96 miles)	257
Wallisdown (2.24 miles)	242
Bourne Valley (1.76 miles)	214
Talbot Heath (1.76 miles)	214
Canford Cliffs (2.24 miles)	25

Where are the most violent places near Bournemouth?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Bournemouth and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Bournemouth	288
Springbourne	207
Talbot Village	121
Wallisdown	78
Talbot Woods	76
Bourne Valley	73
Moordown	72
Ensbury Park	69
Talbot Heath	69
Canford Cliffs	3

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Bournemouth?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Bournemouth to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Bournemouth compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Bournemouth and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Residents in Bournemouth have the highest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is Canford Cliffs.

#	Ward	Score
1	Bournemouth Central	85
2	East Cliff & Springbourne	84
3	Boscombe West	82
4	Winton East	62
5	Queen's Park	61
6	Newtown & Heatherlands	55
7	Westbourne & West Cliff	54
8	Talbot & Branksome Woods	53
9	Wallisdown & Winton West	45
10	Penn Hill	36
11	Canford Cliffs	31

Which road in Bournemouth has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Bournemouth with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around this marker.