154 power cuts since 29 September, 13 of them on Monday 2 November
- 154new cuts since 29 Sept
- 13in one day, 2 Nov
- 39of 45 days with a cut
www.preparedbritain.co.uk/home-report/bournemouthOfficial feeds, counted daily
Santa is due in Bournemouth at 01:02, in the early hours of Christmas Day. See his flight plan
Right now: quiet. No unplanned power cuts in Bournemouth at 06:20.
Power cuts
154
new unplanned cuts in the Bournemouth area, on 39 of 45 days
Busiest day: 2 November. Bournemouth had more cuts a day, for its size, than 84 of the 99 towns we track.
See every day →From our record of every cut SSEN publishes, read every 10 minutes and counted by the day each cut started; last counted Fri 13 Nov, 11:35. These are minimums. One fault can affect many streets, so this is how often cuts happen in the area, not how often one home loses power.
Flood
1 in 30
homes in Bournemouth has some flood risk
1,229 at high risk
Environment Agency, RoFRS edition v202606.
Weather
No Met Office warnings for South West England right now
All warningsMet Office, read Fri 13 Nov, 06:20.
Water
South West Water
Hosepipe ban in forceHosepipe bans as we last confirmed them, 5 Nov 2026.
Break-ins
Burglary rate
24% below averagepolice.uk, year ending March 2026 (police recorded crime).
If a cut at your home ran past 12 hours, you may be owed money. Check a cut
One message when something changes here.
Sources: SSEN live network data, read Fri 13 Nov, 06:20, counted daily by us (last Fri 13 Nov, 11:35). Environment Agency flood risk, RoFRS edition v202606. Met Office warnings, read Fri 13 Nov, 06:20. Water companies and the Environment Agency, for hosepipe bans, confirmed 5 Nov 2026. police.uk recorded crime, year ending March 2026 (police recorded crime). Figures cover the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole council area, not a single street.
