Crime Statistics for Bincombe, Dorset, 2024

Crime statistics for Bincombe, Bincombe

There were a total of 41 street level crime incidents in Bincombe in January 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 CategoryIncidents
Anti Social Behaviour14
Violent Crime14
Shoplifting3
Public Order3
Vehicle Crime3
Criminal Damage Arson2
Robbery1
Other Theft1
All Crime41

Map of street level crime incidents in January 2024

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

How grim is your Postcode?

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 Bincombe

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Southill (2.78 miles)121
Littlemoor (1.24 miles)71
Radipole (2.24 miles)50
Bincombe41
Coldharbour (2.63 miles)29
Nottington (1.76 miles)26
Redlands (1.76 miles)26
Broadwey (1.39 miles)20
Buckland Ripers (2.77 miles)13
Broadmayne (2.77 miles)5

4.29%
of Winterborne & Broadmayne residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Bincombe?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Southill40
Littlemoor30
Radipole18
Bincombe14
Coldharbour12
Nottington11
Redlands11
Broadwey7
Buckland Ripers7
Broadmayne3

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

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 Bincombe 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 Bincombe compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Melcombe Regis79
2Westham52
3Dorchester Poundbury45
4Rodwell & Wyke38
5Dorchester West36
6Radipole36
7Littlemoor & Preston36
8Chickerell28
9Crossways20
10Winterborne & Broadmayne17
11Upwey & Broadwey13

Which road in Bincombe has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
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