Crime Statistics for Fortuneswell, Dorset, 2024

There were a total of 44 street level crime incidents in Fortuneswell in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Anti Social Behaviour, followed by Violent Crime.

Crime Category	Incidents
Anti Social Behaviour	20
Violent Crime	9
Criminal Damage Arson	6
Public Order	3
Burglary	2
Possession Of Weapons	2
Theft From The Person	1
Vehicle Crime	1
All Crime	44

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Fortuneswell. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Fortuneswell

We've taken the ten nearest places to Fortuneswell and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Fortuneswell has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Southill (4.4 miles)	121
Lanehouse (3.63 miles)	63
Isle of Portland (0.92 miles)	57
Fortuneswell	44
Southlands (2.44 miles)	40
Radipole (4.98 miles)	33
Castletown (0.54 miles)	24
Charlestown (4.5 miles)	22
Southwell (2.18 miles)	13
Bill Of Portland (3.14 miles)	0

Where are the most violent places near Fortuneswell?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Fortuneswell and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Southill	40
Lanehouse	26
Southlands	16
Isle of Portland	13
Radipole	12
Fortuneswell	9
Southwell	8
Castletown	7
Charlestown	6
Bill Of Portland	0

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Fortuneswell?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Fortuneswell to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Fortuneswell compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Fortuneswell and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Fortuneswell is ranked #3.

#	Ward	Score
1	Melcombe Regis	79
2	Westham	52
3	Portland	46
4	Dorchester Poundbury	45
5	Rodwell & Wyke	38
6	Radipole	36
7	Littlemoor & Preston	36
8	Chickerell	28
9	Crossways	20
10	West Purbeck	14
11	Upwey & Broadwey	13

Which road in Fortuneswell has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Fortuneswell with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Foundry Close.