Crime Statistics for Ebblake, Verwood, Dorset, 2024

There were a total of 16 street level crime incidents in Ebblake in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Vehicle Crime.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Ebblake, 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	6
Vehicle Crime	5
Anti Social Behaviour	3
Theft From The Person	1
Public Order	1
All Crime	16

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 Ebblake. 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 Ebblake

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Ebblake	16
Ashley Heath (1.96 miles)	15
St Leonards (2.56 miles)	14
Ashley (2.63 miles)	14
St Ives (2.24 miles)	13
Horton Common (1.96 miles)	6
Gotham (2.78 miles)	3
Mannington (2.77 miles)	0
Horton Heath (2.56 miles)	0
Lower Mannington (2.77 miles)	0

Where are the most violent places near Ebblake?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Ebblake	6
Ashley	5
Ashley Heath	4
St Leonards	4
Horton Common	4
St Ives	3
Gotham	3
Mannington	0
Horton Heath	0
Lower Mannington	0

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

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 Ebblake 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 Ebblake compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Ebblake and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Residents in Ebblake have the highest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is Ferndown North.

#	Ward	Score
1	Forest North West	63
2	Ringwood South	55
3	Fordingbridge	41
4	Ringwood North	36
5	West Moors & Three Legged Cross	25
6	Commons	25
7	St Leonards & St Ives	23
8	Verwood	11
9	Cranborne & Alderholt	11
10	West Parley	8
11	Ferndown North	8

Which road in Ebblake has the highest level of crime?

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