West Southbourne
WardSouth east Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole. About 10,339 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.7 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in West Southbourne live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How West Southbourne compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is West Southbourne safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in West Southbourne at a rate of 50.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 88.5 per 1,000 people across Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 49 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in West Southbourne.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (136), anti-social behaviour (119) and other crime (67).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
These figures are published for the whole of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, not for each ward, so they describe all of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole and not West Southbourne alone. See Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
West Southbourne in brief
West Southbourne had 10,446 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in West Southbourne live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In West Southbourne, 95.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In West Southbourne, 3.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.