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Crime in BH15 1
The BH15 1 postcode sector, in the BH (Bournemouth) postcode area, with most records published by Dorset Police.
Updated October 2026.
Police published 1,788 street-crime records for BH15 1 from September 2025 to August 2026. That is 4.7% more than in the 12 months before. The rate is 275.4 per 1,000 residents counted in the Census 2021, against 73.1 for Dorset Police. A residents-only rate reads high where many people visit. Police locations are approximate.
September 2025 to August 2026. Street-crime records include anti-social behaviour.
Street-crime records
1,788
Share of BH15
48.5%
Year-on-year
+4.7%
BH15 1 holds 48.5% of the 3,689 records assigned to BH15 in the same window.
Month-by-month totals
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Month
Street-crime records
September 2025
124
October 2025
128
November 2025
138
December 2025
107
January 2026
134
February 2026
107
March 2026
129
April 2026
101
May 2026
180
June 2026
194
July 2026
218
August 2026
228
Street-crime records per 1,000 residents
Published street-crime records (including anti-social behaviour), September 2025 to August 2026, per 1,000 usual residents in the Census 2021.
BH15 1
275.4
Dorset Police
73.1
1,788 records and 6,493 residents. Residents-only rates overstate crime where many people visit who do not live there, such as city centres, stations, and retail parks. Residents are counted at March 2021 while records are current, so areas with many newer homes can read higher.
No England and Wales comparison is shown, because not every force involved has published every month of this window.
Rates cover England and Wales only. Residents: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021 postcode estimates, Open Government Licence v3.0. How rates are built.
Category mix compared
Each column is a share of that area's own records in the same window, so areas of different sizes compare fairly. Force: Dorset Police.
Category
BH15 1
BH15
Force
Anti-social behaviour
33.8%
28.6%
26.5%
Violence and sexual offences
23.9%
29.8%
32.8%
Shoplifting
10.9%
7.7%
8.1%
Criminal damage and arson
6.5%
7.3%
7.2%
Vehicle crime
4.5%
5.9%
5.0%
Other theft
4.4%
5.5%
6.1%
Public order
3.9%
4.5%
4.9%
Burglary
3.6%
3.7%
3.5%
Year by year
Calendar-year totals for BH15 1 (December 2013 to August 2026).
Year
Street-crime records
2021
1,575
2022
2,168
2023
2,015
2024
1,856
2025
1,608
2026 (part year)
1,291
Limits to keep in mind
Published locations are approximate; they are snapped to anonymous map points before release, and each record is assigned to a sector by its nearest postcode. A sector is small, so counts near its edges are indicative.
These are counts of published police records, not all crime, and not a safety score.
Covers 100.0% of the 6,493 Census 2021 residents of BH15 1.
England: English Indices of Deprivation 2025
Of these residents in England, 38.3% live in the most deprived 20% of England's neighbourhoods and 0.0% in the least deprived 20%.
20%1
19%2
0%3
9%4
25%5
28%6
0%7
0%8
0%9
0%10
Share of residents in each decile, from 1 (most deprived) to 10 (least deprived) of England's small areas. Shares are rounded, so they may not total 100%.
Deciles rank neighbourhoods within one nation, so English and Welsh deciles don't compare. They describe areas, not the people living in them, and crime is one of the things the index measures, so this mix partly overlaps the crime figures above. How this is built.
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