Recorded crime
Bournemouth recorded crime by postcode district
Crimes police recorded in July 2026 within roughly 1 mile of each district centre, across 7 Bournemouth districts. Counts, not rates.
Crimes recorded, July 2026
3,643
Across 7 districts, within about 1 mile of each centre.
- Districts
- 7
- Most recorded
- Anti-social
data.police.uk, July 2026
Summary
Recorded crime in Bournemouth: police recorded 3,643 crimes in July 2026 within roughly 1 mile of the centre of each of the 7 postcode districts with a published figure. BH23 has the lowest recorded count (97) and BH1 the highest (1,060). The most often recorded category was anti social behaviour, at 31% of the month's recorded crimes. These are counts, not rates: a district with shops, bars and a station will out-count a residential one on footfall alone.
Data from data.police.uk street-level crime API, July 2026.
Read this first
These are counts, not rates. data.police.uk street-level crime API publishes how many crimes were recorded near a point; it publishes no population figure to divide by. A district with a station, shops and bars will record more crime than a residential one because more people pass through it, not necessarily because residents are more likely to be a victim. Recorded crime is also only crime that was reported and recorded, and reporting rates vary by crime type and by area.
Use this to see the shape of a city and to prompt better questions, not to decide that one district is good and another bad.
Our take · opinion, not advice
Our take on Bournemouth crime counts: big differences, read with care
Taken together, 7 Bournemouth districts saw 3,643 crimes recorded in July 2026, and the table stretches from 97 in BH23 to 1,060 in BH1, a wide spread that shopping and nightlife districts create on their own.
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Key figures
Bournemouth crime counts at a glance
Police records for July 2026. A count near each district centre is not a safety ranking.
Lowest district
97
BH23, crimes recorded
Middle district
421
Median of the districts
Highest district
1,060
BH1, crimes recorded
Top category
Anti-social
1,124 of 3,643 crimes
Recorded crime
Bournemouth crime by category and district
3,643 recorded crimes across 7 districts in July 2026.
By category
What the recorded crimes were
Anti social behaviour was the most recorded category, with 1,124 of 3,643 crimes (31%). It describes the month's police records, not what is likely to happen to you.
See the figures
| Category | Recorded | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Anti social behaviour | 1,124 | 31% |
| Violent crime | 1,061 | 29% |
| Shoplifting | 318 | 9% |
| Public order | 191 | 5% |
| Criminal damage arson | 187 | 5% |
data.police.uk street-level crime API, July 2026
By district
Bournemouth districts, lowest recorded count first
Counts run from 97 in BH23 to 1,060 in BH1. Each row is one postcode district: how many crimes police recorded within about a mile of its centre.
See the figures
| District | Recorded crimes | Most recorded category | Area data |
|---|---|---|---|
| BH23 | 97 | Violent crime (32) | BH23 area report |
| BH9 | 382 | Violent crime (112) | BH9 area report |
| BH8 | 415 | Anti social behaviour (119) | BH8 area report |
| BH4 | 421 | Anti social behaviour (140) | BH4 area report |
| BH5 | 459 | Anti social behaviour (149) | BH5 area report |
| BH2 | 809 | Anti social behaviour (251) | BH2 area report |
| BH1 | 1,060 | Anti social behaviour (340) | BH1 area report |
Districts with no figure published for July 2026 are left out rather than shown as zero: a force not having published yet is not the same fact as no crime.
data.police.uk street-level crime API, July 2026
Reading the numbers
What the numbers show
Across the 7 Bournemouth postcode districts with a published figure for July 2026, police recorded 3,643 crimes in total within roughly a mile of each district centroid. The median district recorded 421.
BH23 has the lowest recorded crime count of the districts listed (97), and BH1 the highest (1,060).
The spread across the city is wide: the highest-counting district recorded about 10.9 times as many crimes as the lowest. Much of a gap that size reflects what is in the radius: a city-centre district with shops, bars and a station will out-count a residential one before any difference in how people behave.
The most frequently recorded category across these districts was anti social behaviour, at 31% of all recorded crimes in the month.
Questions, answered
Bournemouth recorded crime: your questions
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Source and method
Where these figures come from
data.police.uk street-level crime API (API documentation), month 2026-07, one request per district at its centroid, ~1 mile radius. England and Wales only. Data.police.uk does not carry Police Scotland or PSNI. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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