Crime Statistics for Littledown, Holdenhurst, Bournemouth, 2024

There were a total of 375 street level crime incidents in Littledown in March 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Littledown, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	124
Anti Social Behaviour	88
Vehicle Crime	34
Other Theft	33
Criminal Damage Arson	24
Shoplifting	23
Public Order	20
Burglary	13
Drugs	5
Other Crime	4
Bicycle Theft	4
Possession Of Weapons	3
All Crime	375

Map of street level crime incidents in March 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Littledown. 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 Littledown

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Springbourne (1.39 miles)	863
Charminster (1.39 miles)	378
Littledown	375
Pokesdown (0.62 miles)	339
Iford (0.62 miles)	197
Stour (0.86 miles)	161
Holdenhurst (1.24 miles)	146
Jumpers Common (1.39 miles)	121
Blackwater (1.39 miles)	116
Tuckton (1.39 miles)	111

Where are the most violent places near Littledown?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Springbourne	245
Littledown	124
Pokesdown	109
Charminster	104
Iford	68
Stour	59
Holdenhurst	49
Blackwater	43
Jumpers Common	41
Tuckton	35

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

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 Littledown 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 Littledown compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Littledown and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Littledown is ranked #4.

#	Ward	Score
1	Bournemouth Central	85
2	East Cliff & Springbourne	84
3	Boscombe West	82
4	Boscombe East & Pokesdown	76
5	Winton East	62
6	Queen's Park	61
7	West Southbourne	47
8	Littledown & Ilford	46
9	Christchurch Town	38
10	Moordown	37
11	East Southbourne & Tuckton	25

Which road in Littledown has the highest level of crime?

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