Crime Statistics for Broom Hill, Colehill, Dorset, 2024

Crime statistics for Broom Hill, Colehill

There were a total of 9 street level crime incidents in Broom Hill in January 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 Broom Hill, 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 CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime7
Anti Social Behaviour2
All Crime9

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 Broom Hill. 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 Broom Hill

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Colehill (1.39 miles)65
Furzehill13
Clapgate13
Grange13
Broom Hill9
Higher Row (1.39 miles)3
Lower Row (1.39 miles)3
Gaunt’s Common (1.96 miles)2
Holt Wood (1.86 miles)2
Holt (0.88 miles)1

5.05%
of Colehill & Wimborne Minster East residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Broom Hill?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Colehill23
Furzehill8
Clapgate8
Grange8
Broom Hill7
Higher Row1
Lower Row1
Holt Wood1
Gaunt’s Common0
Holt0

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

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 Broom Hill 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 Broom Hill compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Broom Hill and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Broom Hill is ranked #8.

#WardScore
1Kinson61
2Alderney & Bourne Valley53
3Wimborne Minster44
4Bearwood & Merley30
5West Moors & Three Legged Cross25
6Cranborne Chase17
7Ferndown South17
8Colehill & Wimborne Minster East14
9Cranborne & Alderholt11
10West Parley8
11Ferndown North8

Which road in Broom Hill has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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