Crime Statistics for Springbourne, Bournemouth, Bournemouth, 2024

Crime statistics for Springbourne, Bournemouth

There were a total of 804 street level crime incidents in Springbourne 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 Springbourne, 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 Crime245
Anti Social Behaviour178
Shoplifting89
Criminal Damage Arson60
Vehicle Crime60
Public Order49
Other Theft45
Burglary30
Drugs17
Bicycle Theft14
Robbery6
Theft From The Person5
Possession Of Weapons3
Other Crime3
All Crime804

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 Springbourne. 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 Springbourne

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Springbourne804
Bournemouth (1.39 miles)614
Charminster (1.24 miles)377
Moordown (1.39 miles)361
Pokesdown (1.24 miles)342
Littledown (1.39 miles)337
Talbot Woods (1.86 miles)305
Mill Throop (1.86 miles)289
Talbot Village (2.24 miles)243
Iford (1.96 miles)201

34.54%
of East Cliff & Springbourne residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Springbourne?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Springbourne245
Bournemouth167
Pokesdown125
Littledown124
Charminster95
Moordown94
Talbot Village87
Mill Throop73
Iford68
Talbot Woods67

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

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 Springbourne 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 Springbourne compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Springbourne and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Springbourne is ranked #2.

#WardScore
1Bournemouth Central85
2East Cliff & Springbourne84
3Boscombe West82
4Boscombe East & Pokesdown76
5Winton East62
6Queen's Park61
7Westbourne & West Cliff54
8Littledown & Ilford46
9Redhill & Northbourne37
10Moordown37
11Canford Cliffs31

Which road in Springbourne has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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