Police-recorded · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole · Dorset Police
Violence and sexual offences in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
12 months to June 2026
27.0per 1,000 residents
Police recorded 10,977 violence and sexual offences offences in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole in the 12 months to June 2026, down 6.1% (716) on the previous 12 months. That is 27.0 per 1,000 residents against 34.7 for England and Wales.
Home Office · data.police.uk
street-level crime archive, category “Violence and sexual offences”
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
2,904 (partial)
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June 2012
4,633
12.1
2012
June 2013
3,990
10.4
2013
June 2014
4,085
10.5
2014
June 2015
5,220
13.3
2015
June 2016
6,492
16.3
2016
June 2017
7,557
18.9
2017
June 2018
9,685
24.2
2018
June 2019
12,022
30.0
2019
June 2020
12,404
31.0
2020
June 2021
12,765
31.9
2021
June 2022
13,214
32.8
2022
June 2023
12,456
30.6
2023
June 2024
12,083
29.6
2024
June 2025
11,693
28.8
2025
June 2026
10,977
27.0
2025
What this measures
Offences against the person, from common assault and harassment to wounding, together with rape and other sexual offences. These are grouped together in the police.uk data and cannot be separated here.
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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