Crime Statistics for Charminster, Bournemouth, Bournemouth, 2024

There were a total of 354 street level crime incidents in Charminster in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Shoplifting.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Charminster, 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	107
Shoplifting	79
Anti Social Behaviour	54
Vehicle Crime	32
Other Theft	23
Criminal Damage Arson	15
Public Order	15
Drugs	9
Burglary	8
Bicycle Theft	7
Other Crime	3
Possession Of Weapons	1
Robbery	1
All Crime	354

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Charminster. 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 Charminster

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Springbourne (1.24 miles)	804
Moordown (0.62 miles)	361
Charminster	354
Pokesdown (1.76 miles)	342
Littledown (1.39 miles)	337
Mill Throop (0.62 miles)	289
Red Hill (1.39 miles)	280
Ensbury Park (1.86 miles)	241
Ensbury (1.76 miles)	143
Holdenhurst (1.39 miles)	105

Where are the most violent places near Charminster?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Springbourne	245
Pokesdown	125
Littledown	124
Charminster	107
Moordown	94
Red Hill	94
Ensbury Park	88
Mill Throop	73
Ensbury	48
Holdenhurst	38

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

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 Charminster 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 Charminster compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Bournemouth Central	85
2	East Cliff & Springbourne	84
3	Boscombe West	82
4	Boscombe East & Pokesdown	76
5	Winton East	62
6	Queen's Park	61
7	Littledown & Ilford	46
8	Wallisdown & Winton West	45
9	Redhill & Northbourne	37
10	Moordown	37
11	Muscliff & Strouden Park	36

Which road in Charminster has the highest level of crime?

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