Boscombe East & Pokesdown · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Boscombe East & Pokesdown: your neighbourhood
Boscombe East & Pokesdown electoral ward · May 2026 boundaries. Every figure carries its own date.
What stands out here?
Homes rented privately: 39% here, compared with 25% across Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (13.5 percentage points higher).
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 65 or over: 15.4% here, compared with 21.6% across Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (6.2 percentage points lower).
Age helps locate demand for accessible homes, transport and support. Being older does not itself mean someone needs care.
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: 37.1% here, compared with 32.1% across Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (5 percentage points higher).
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.
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
5.4%
21 March 2021 · Boscombe East & Pokesdown
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 Boscombe East & Pokesdown ward. Locations are approximate; these are not all crimes or a measure of personal risk.
667 mapped crimes
September 2025 to August 2026. Compared with 674 in the previous 12 months. Anti-social behaviour is counted separately.
Mapped crime over time
September 2024 to August 2026
Boscombe East & Pokesdown 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: 76 mapped crimes in September 2024; 58 mapped crimes in August 2026. These are recorded counts; check the coverage notes before comparing periods.
34.656.879
September 2024August 2026
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Monthly crime and anti-social behaviour
Recorded locations by month · Boscombe East & Pokesdown
Month
Mapped crime
Anti-social behaviour
September 2024
76
9
October 2024
53
15
November 2024
60
9
December 2024
65
10
January 2025
39
6
February 2025
40
8
March 2025
64
21
April 2025
44
10
May 2025
67
14
June 2025
50
13
July 2025
58
25
August 2025
58
27
September 2025
56
14
October 2025
45
13
November 2025
44
14
December 2025
45
19
January 2026
45
14
February 2026
54
11
March 2026
63
14
April 2026
67
20
May 2026
61
16
June 2026
62
27
July 2026
67
29
August 2026
58
26
Crime categories in the latest complete year
September 2025 to August 2026 · Boscombe East & Pokesdown
Category
Mapped crimes
violent crime
305
criminal damage arson
71
vehicle crime
51
other theft
49
public order
44
shoplifting
39
burglary
38
drugs
28
bicycle theft
16
other crime
12
robbery
8
possession of weapons
3
theft from the person
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.
