Crime Statistics for Boscombe, Wick, Bournemouth, 2024

Crime statistics for Boscombe, Wick

There were a total of 100 street level crime incidents in Boscombe in January 2024. 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 Boscombe, 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 CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime38
Anti Social Behaviour15
Criminal Damage Arson9
Shoplifting8
Public Order7
Bicycle Theft6
Vehicle Crime5
Other Theft3
Other Crime3
Theft From The Person2
Robbery1
Possession Of Weapons1
Drugs1
Burglary1
All Crime100

Map of street level crime incidents in January 2024

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

How grim is your Postcode?

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 Boscombe

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Pokesdown (1.86 miles)342
Littledown (1.99 miles)337
Iford (1.43 miles)201
Tuckton (0.62 miles)140
Stour (1.6 miles)136
Christchurch (0.1 miles)108
Jumpers Common (1.48 miles)107
Boscombe100
Fairmile (1.34 miles)94
Southbourne (0.03 miles)92

37.37%
of Boscombe West residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Boscombe?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Pokesdown125
Littledown124
Iford68
Stour56
Tuckton48
Jumpers Common44
Christchurch43
Boscombe38
Fairmile37
Southbourne33

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

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 Boscombe 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 Boscombe compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Boscombe and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Boscombe is ranked #3.

#WardScore
1Bournemouth Central85
2East Cliff & Springbourne84
3Boscombe West82
4Boscombe East & Pokesdown76
5Winton East62
6Queen's Park61
7West Southbourne47
8Littledown & Ilford46
9Moordown37
10Canford Cliffs31
11East Southbourne & Tuckton25

Which road in Boscombe has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
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