Canford Heath · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Canford Heath: your neighbourhood
Canford Heath 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 (8.3 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: 24.7% here, compared with 32.1% across Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (7.4 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 65 or over: 18.8% here, compared with 21.6% across Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (2.8 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.
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
3.5%
21 March 2021 · Canford Heath
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 Canford Heath ward. Locations are approximate; these are not all crimes or a measure of personal risk.
704 mapped crimes
September 2025 to August 2026. Compared with 777 in the previous 12 months. Anti-social behaviour is counted separately.
Mapped crime over time
September 2024 to August 2026
Canford Heath 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: 62 mapped crimes in September 2024; 71 mapped crimes in August 2026. These are recorded counts; check the coverage notes before comparing periods.
43.466.289
September 2024August 2026
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Monthly crime and anti-social behaviour
Recorded locations by month · Canford Heath
Month
Mapped crime
Anti-social behaviour
September 2024
62
15
October 2024
86
18
November 2024
66
15
December 2024
79
14
January 2025
49
24
February 2025
72
18
March 2025
75
30
April 2025
54
61
May 2025
56
47
June 2025
60
34
July 2025
61
57
August 2025
57
30
September 2025
50
46
October 2025
54
28
November 2025
61
12
December 2025
51
18
January 2026
57
22
February 2026
48
17
March 2026
57
14
April 2026
66
22
May 2026
71
24
June 2026
58
35
July 2026
60
39
August 2026
71
30
Crime categories in the latest complete year
September 2025 to August 2026 · Canford Heath
Category
Mapped crimes
violent crime
337
other theft
77
criminal damage arson
68
shoplifting
46
vehicle crime
45
public order
44
burglary
41
bicycle theft
23
drugs
12
other crime
5
robbery
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.
