Westbourne & West Cliff
WardSouth west Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole. About 10,554 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 2.0 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Westbourne & West Cliff live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Westbourne & West Cliff compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Westbourne & West Cliff safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Westbourne & West Cliff at a rate of 128.7 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, 131 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Westbourne & West Cliff.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (438), anti-social behaviour (422) and other crime (201).
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 Westbourne & West Cliff alone. See Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Westbourne & West Cliff in brief
Westbourne & West Cliff had 10,318 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Westbourne & West Cliff live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Westbourne & West Cliff, 88.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Westbourne & West Cliff, 5.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.