Ethnicity breakdown for BCP crimes
Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FIN/25/003748/Q
Version Date: 17/10/2025
I would like an race/ethnicity-based breakdown of arrests for specific offences in the area of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole from the last 2 years recent year. These being in the format of two separate tables for both Children (under 18s) and Adults would be gladly appreciated.
Crimes:
Drug offences
Robbery
Sexual offences
Theft
Violence against the person
Weapon possession
Ethnicity:
White
Asian
Black
Mixed
Other
The Performance Analysis Department has provided the following information:
Searches were completed in Niche from 01/08/2023 to 21/09/2025 for all the main crimes groups as mentioned within the request text with the municipality names of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole and the person link involvement set to ‘arrested’.
Please note that the total of all crimes will include duplicates. This is because a number of occurrences have multiple offences.
Data
Under 18’s:
| Main Crime Group | Drug Offences | Possession of Weapons | Robbery | Sexual Offences | Theft | Violence Against the Person |
| BOURNEMOUTH | 13 | 9 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 111 |
| A9. Any other Asian background | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| B2. Black African inc Black British | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| B9. Any other Black background | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| M3. Mixed White & Asian | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| M9. Any other mixed | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| NS. Not stated | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| W1. White British | 12 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 88 |
| W9. Any other white background | - | - | - | - | - | 5 |
| (blank) | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 6 |
| CHRISTCHURCH | 2 | 2 | 4 | - | - | - |
| M3. Mixed White & Asian | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| W1. White British | 2 | 1 | 3 | - | - | - |
| W9. Any other white background | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| POOLE | 11 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 59 |
| B2. Black African inc Black British | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| B9. Any other Black background | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| M1. Mixed White & Black Caribbean | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| M9. Any other mixed | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| NS. Not stated | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| W1. White British | 9 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 39 |
| W9. Any other white background | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| (blank) | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 5 |
| Total | 26 | 22 | 27 | 17 | 14 | 170 |
| 18 or Over: | ||||||
| Main Crime Group | Drug Offences | Possession of Weapons | Robbery | Sexual Offences | Theft | Violence Against the Person |
| BOURNEMOUTH | 170 | 59 | 35 | 211 | 181 | 1014 |
| A1. Asian Indian inc Asian British | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | 2 |
| A2. Asian Pakistani inc Asian British | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 |
| A3. Asian Bangladeshi inc Asian British | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | - |
| A4. Asian Chinese inc Asian British | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| A9. Any other Asian background | 3 | - | 1 | 5 | - | 11 |
| B1. Black Caribbean inc Black British | 4 | - | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| B2. Black African inc Black British | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 22 |
| B9. Any other Black background | 2 | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| M1. Mixed White & Black Caribbean | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 12 |
| M2. Mixed White & Black African | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 5 |
| M3. Mixed White & Asian | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| M9. Any other mixed | 5 | 3 | - | 3 | - | 7 |
| NS. Not stated | 31 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 22 | 190 |
| O2. Arab | - | - | - | 4 | - | - |
| O9. Any other | - | 1 | - | - | - | 7 |
| W1. White British | 89 | 42 | 25 | 146 | 147 | 684 |
| W2. White Irish | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| W3. White Gypsy or Irish Traveller | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| W9. Any other white background | 22 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 38 |
| (blank) | 4 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| CHRISTCHURCH | 29 | 17 | 3 | 33 | 48 | 280 |
| A1. Asian Indian inc Asian British | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| A2. Asian Pakistani inc Asian British | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| A9. Any other Asian background | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| B1. Black Caribbean inc Black British | 2 | - | - | - | - | 6 |
| B2. Black African inc Black British | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| B9. Any other Black background | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| M1. Mixed White & Black Caribbean | - | 2 | - | - | - | 1 |
| M3. Mixed White & Asian | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| M9. Any other mixed | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| NS. Not stated | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 43 |
| W1. White British | 21 | 12 | - | 27 | 14 | 206 |
| W2. White Irish | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| W9. Any other white background | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| (blank) | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 5 |
| POOLE | 157 | 63 | 28 | 169 | 247 | 1216 |
| A1. Asian Indian inc Asian British | 1 | - | - | 4 | - | 10 |
| A2. Asian Pakistani inc Asian British | - | - | - | 2 | - | 3 |
| A3. Asian Bangladeshi inc Asian British | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 |
| A9. Any other Asian background | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| B1. Black Caribbean inc Black British | 1 | - | - | - | - | 9 |
| B2. Black African inc Black British | - | - | - | 5 | 1 | 16 |
| B9. Any other Black background | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 5 |
| M1. Mixed White & Black Caribbean | 1 | - | - | 3 | - | 13 |
| M2. Mixed White & Black African | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 4 |
| M3. Mixed White & Asian | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| M9. Any other mixed | 2 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| NS. Not stated | 18 | 12 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 195 |
| O2. Arab | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| O9. Any other | 2 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 5 |
| W1. White British | 113 | 42 | 19 | 120 | 209 | 836 |
| W2. White Irish | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| W3. White Gypsy or Irish Traveller | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 |
| W9. Any other white background | 13 | 4 | - | 5 | 5 | 64 |
| (blank) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 30 |
| #N/A | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| A9. Any other Asian background | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| M9. Any other mixed | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| NS. Not stated | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| W1. White British | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| W2. White Irish | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| W9. Any other white background | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| (blank) | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total | 356 | 139 | 66 | 413 | 476 | 2510 |