Police-recorded · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole · Dorset Police
Theft from the person in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
12 months to June 2026
0.4per 1,000 residents
Police recorded 173 theft from the person offences in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole in the 12 months to June 2026, down 25.1% (58) on the previous 12 months. That is 0.4 per 1,000 residents against 1.7 for England and Wales.
Home Office · data.police.uk
street-level crime archive, category “Theft from the person”
local authority via LSOA lookup
population: ONS mid-2025 estimate, 405,829
Monthly, May 2013 to June 2026
Offences recorded in this category each month, from the street-level archivePublished valueProvisional or revisedLatestShaded bands: governments (see labels)Hover or use arrow keys to read a value
Each year since 2011
Year to
Offences
Per 1,000
Population year
June 2011
0 (partial)
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June 2012
7,191
18.8
2012
June 2013
7,919
20.5
2013
June 2014
7,862
20.2
2014
June 2015
6,926
17.6
2015
June 2016
7,313
18.4
2016
June 2017
8,312
20.8
2017
June 2018
8,061
20.1
2018
June 2019
7,565
18.9
2019
June 2020
6,444
16.1
2020
June 2021
5,602
14.0
2021
June 2022
6,062
15.0
2022
June 2023
6,281
15.4
2023
June 2024
6,504
15.9
2024
June 2025
6,433
15.9
2025
June 2026
5,871
14.5
2025
What this measures
Theft of property directly from a person without force, such as pickpocketing.
Police-recorded crime counts offences reported to and recorded by the police. It is affected by whether people report crime and by changes in police recording practice, so it does not measure all crime that happens. The Crime Survey for England and Wales is the better guide to long-term trends in the crimes it covers. Police recorded crime is not designated as National Statistics.
A higher recorded rate does not mean an area is more dangerous.
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