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Vehicle crime in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

12 months to June 2026

5.5per 1,000 residents

Police recorded 2,239 vehicle crime offences in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole in the 12 months to June 2026, down 7.9% (192) on the previous 12 months. That is 5.5 per 1,000 residents against 5.0 for England and Wales.

  1. Home Office · data.police.uk
  2. street-level crime archive, category “Vehicle crime
  3. local authority via LSOA lookup
  4. population: ONS mid-2025 estimate, 405,829

Monthly, December 2010 to June 2026

Monthly recorded offences: December 2010 to June 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour01002003002010201520202025December 2010: 169 offencesJanuary 2011: 13 offencesFebruary 2011: 232 offencesMarch 2011: 228 offencesApril 2011: 230 offencesMay 2011: 248 offencesJune 2011: 233 offencesJuly 2011: 279 offencesAugust 2011: 261 offencesSeptember 2011: 194 offencesOctober 2011: 255 offencesNovember 2011: 279 offencesDecember 2011: 204 offencesJanuary 2012: 204 offencesFebruary 2012: 257 offencesMarch 2012: 264 offencesApril 2012: 312 offencesMay 2012: 286 offencesJune 2012: 285 offencesJuly 2012: 359 offencesAugust 2012: 317 offencesSeptember 2012: 351 offencesOctober 2012: 220 offencesNovember 2012: 194 offencesDecember 2012: 224 offencesJanuary 2013: 228 offencesFebruary 2013: 318 offencesMarch 2013: 303 offencesApril 2013: 272 offencesMay 2013: 271 offencesJune 2013: 256 offencesJuly 2013: 196 offencesAugust 2013: 265 offencesSeptember 2013: 213 offencesOctober 2013: 238 offencesNovember 2013: 214 offencesDecember 2013: 197 offencesJanuary 2014: 252 offencesFebruary 2014: 195 offencesMarch 2014: 154 offencesApril 2014: 166 offencesMay 2014: 208 offencesJune 2014: 167 offencesJuly 2014: 216 offencesAugust 2014: 192 offencesSeptember 2014: 215 offencesOctober 2014: 205 offencesNovember 2014: 241 offencesDecember 2014: 206 offencesJanuary 2015: 259 offencesFebruary 2015: 177 offencesMarch 2015: 229 offencesApril 2015: 224 offencesMay 2015: 230 offencesJune 2015: 192 offencesJuly 2015: 244 offencesAugust 2015: 212 offencesSeptember 2015: 218 offencesOctober 2015: 195 offencesNovember 2015: 271 offencesDecember 2015: 158 offencesJanuary 2016: 176 offencesFebruary 2016: 204 offencesMarch 2016: 149 offencesApril 2016: 161 offencesMay 2016: 185 offencesJune 2016: 254 offencesJuly 2016: 231 offencesAugust 2016: 212 offencesSeptember 2016: 167 offencesOctober 2016: 211 offencesNovember 2016: 201 offencesDecember 2016: 166 offencesJanuary 2017: 216 offencesFebruary 2017: 189 offencesMarch 2017: 224 offencesApril 2017: 227 offencesMay 2017: 219 offencesJune 2017: 157 offencesJuly 2017: 190 offencesAugust 2017: 199 offencesSeptember 2017: 215 offencesOctober 2017: 184 offencesNovember 2017: 261 offencesDecember 2017: 225 offencesJanuary 2018: 224 offencesFebruary 2018: 159 offencesMarch 2018: 186 offencesApril 2018: 198 offencesMay 2018: 155 offencesJune 2018: 204 offencesJuly 2018: 211 offencesAugust 2018: 233 offencesSeptember 2018: 247 offencesOctober 2018: 221 offencesNovember 2018: 279 offencesDecember 2018: 328 offencesJanuary 2019: 312 offencesFebruary 2019: 229 offencesMarch 2019: 205 offencesApril 2019: 217 offencesMay 2019: 284 offencesJune 2019: 281 offencesJuly 2019: 263 offencesAugust 2019: 242 offencesSeptember 2019: 313 offencesOctober 2019: 265 offencesNovember 2019: 227 offencesDecember 2019: 261 offencesJanuary 2020: 268 offencesFebruary 2020: 228 offencesMarch 2020: 251 offencesApril 2020: 186 offencesMay 2020: 171 offencesJune 2020: 241 offencesJuly 2020: 278 offencesAugust 2020: 241 offencesSeptember 2020: 186 offencesOctober 2020: 274 offencesNovember 2020: 205 offencesDecember 2020: 181 offencesJanuary 2021: 198 offencesFebruary 2021: 217 offencesMarch 2021: 206 offencesApril 2021: 176 offencesMay 2021: 260 offencesJune 2021: 232 offencesJuly 2021: 240 offencesAugust 2021: 241 offencesSeptember 2021: 211 offencesOctober 2021: 230 offencesNovember 2021: 228 offencesDecember 2021: 239 offencesJanuary 2022: 244 offencesFebruary 2022: 167 offencesMarch 2022: 261 offencesApril 2022: 257 offencesMay 2022: 314 offencesJune 2022: 252 offencesJuly 2022: 236 offencesAugust 2022: 275 offencesSeptember 2022: 290 offencesOctober 2022: 330 offencesNovember 2022: 300 offencesDecember 2022: 266 offencesJanuary 2023: 292 offencesFebruary 2023: 225 offencesMarch 2023: 207 offencesApril 2023: 187 offencesMay 2023: 194 offencesJune 2023: 208 offencesJuly 2023: 217 offencesAugust 2023: 206 offencesSeptember 2023: 248 offencesOctober 2023: 187 offencesNovember 2023: 184 offencesDecember 2023: 219 offencesJanuary 2024: 267 offencesFebruary 2024: 259 offencesMarch 2024: 241 offencesApril 2024: 230 offencesMay 2024: 337 offencesJune 2024: 194 offencesJuly 2024: 277 offencesAugust 2024: 233 offencesSeptember 2024: 310 offencesOctober 2024: 255 offencesNovember 2024: 176 offencesDecember 2024: 212 offencesJanuary 2025: 165 offencesFebruary 2025: 169 offencesMarch 2025: 195 offencesApril 2025: 164 offencesMay 2025: 148 offencesJune 2025: 127 offencesJuly 2025: 181 offencesAugust 2025: 203 offencesSeptember 2025: 151 offencesOctober 2025: 181 offencesNovember 2025: 176 offencesDecember 2025: 243 offencesJanuary 2026: 195 offencesFebruary 2026: 178 offencesMarch 2026: 176 offencesApril 2026: 179 offencesMay 2026: 191 offencesJune 2026: 185 offences

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 toOffencesPer 1,000Population year
June 20111,353 (partial)
June 20123,0808.12012
June 20133,3138.62013
June 20142,4656.32014
June 20152,5866.62015
June 20162,4276.12016
June 20172,4206.12017
June 20182,4006.02018
June 20193,0477.62019
June 20202,9167.32020
June 20212,6546.62021
June 20222,8847.22022
June 20233,0107.42023
June 20242,7896.82024
June 20252,4316.02025
June 20262,2395.52025

What this measures

Theft of a vehicle, theft from a vehicle, and interference with a vehicle.

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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