Alderney & Bourne Valley · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Alderney & Bourne Valley: your neighbourhood
Alderney & Bourne Valley electoral ward · May 2026 boundaries. Every figure carries its own date.
What stands out here?
Homes rented privately: 17% here, compared with 25% across Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (8.6 percentage points lower).
A larger private-rented sector changes the mix of housing advice, enforcement and tenant support needed. It does not tell us whether individual homes are affordable or safe.
21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.
Why this comparison is valid
The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.
People aged 16+ with a degree or equivalent: 24.9% here, compared with 32.1% across Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (7.1 percentage points lower).
Qualifications show local skills, not whether people have secure jobs or use those skills at work.
21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.
Why this comparison is valid
The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.
People aged 16+ with no qualifications: 20.8% here, compared with 15.9% across Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (4.8 percentage points higher).
Formal qualifications are only one part of someone's skills. Training decisions also need current vacancies, employment and residents' experience.
21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.
Why this comparison is valid
The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.
21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.
21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.
Residents aged 16+ not working because of long-term illness or disability
4.5%
21 March 2021 · Alderney & Bourne Valley
Show the workings
21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.
21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.
21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly. Unemployed residents as a share of all residents aged 16+; this is not the unemployment rate among economically active people.
Police-recorded locations for Alderney & Bourne Valley ward. Locations are approximate; these are not all crimes or a measure of personal risk.
1,015 mapped crimes
September 2025 to August 2026. Compared with 1,050 in the previous 12 months. Anti-social behaviour is counted separately.
Mapped crime over time
September 2024 to August 2026
Alderney & Bourne Valley ward · mapped crimes
Reviewed figures: September 2024 to August 2026. This reviewed record covers fewer than 30 years, so the chart opens on all of it.
Shown on this chart: 95 mapped crimes in September 2024; 69 mapped crimes in August 2026. These are recorded counts; check the coverage notes before comparing periods.
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Monthly crime and anti-social behaviour
Recorded locations by month · Alderney & Bourne Valley
Month
Mapped crime
Anti-social behaviour
September 2024
95
37
October 2024
89
26
November 2024
99
25
December 2024
79
18
January 2025
70
14
February 2025
68
12
March 2025
94
28
April 2025
86
43
May 2025
99
37
June 2025
85
30
July 2025
89
47
August 2025
97
22
September 2025
93
18
October 2025
65
17
November 2025
76
22
December 2025
91
6
January 2026
83
10
February 2026
71
9
March 2026
105
29
April 2026
102
35
May 2026
86
37
June 2026
84
26
July 2026
90
49
August 2026
69
38
Crime categories in the latest complete year
September 2025 to August 2026 · Alderney & Bourne Valley
Category
Mapped crimes
violent crime
415
shoplifting
221
criminal damage arson
105
public order
64
other theft
61
vehicle crime
56
burglary
37
robbery
16
other crime
14
bicycle theft
9
drugs
9
theft from the person
5
possession of weapons
3
What these numbers include
Approximate published locations, not every crime or personal risk.
Anti-social behaviour is separate. Transport police and unusable locations excluded.
An empty ward count means no mapped rows in the complete required force files; it does not prove that no crime occurred.
These are retrieved mapped records, not a guarantee of complete crime reporting. Approximate locations and unmapped incidents limit comparisons.
Missing ward-months invalidate totals and changes. Busy centres attract visitors, so residential population is not a measure of the number of people exposed.
