Crime Statistics for Friars Cliff, Highcliffe-on-Sea, Dorset, 2024

Crime statistics for Friars Cliff, Highcliffe-on-Sea

There were a total of 32 street level crime incidents in Friars Cliff in January 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 Friars Cliff, 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 Crime14
Vehicle Crime6
Burglary5
Criminal Damage Arson3
Other Theft2
Theft From The Person1
Anti Social Behaviour1
All Crime32

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 Friars Cliff. 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 Friars Cliff

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Christchurch (2.48 miles)108
Boscombe (2.49 miles)100
Fairmile (2.77 miles)94
Southbourne (2.46 miles)92
South Bockhampton (2.24 miles)38
Friars Cliff32
Walkford (1.75 miles)28
Highcliffe (1.39 miles)21
Hengistbury Head (0.81 miles)6
Waterditch (2.56 miles)2

7.44%
of Highcliffe & Walkford residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Friars Cliff?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Christchurch43
Boscombe38
Fairmile37
Southbourne33
Friars Cliff14
Walkford14
South Bockhampton12
Highcliffe9
Hengistbury Head1
Waterditch0

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

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 Friars Cliff 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 Friars Cliff compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Friars Cliff and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Resident in Friars Cliff have the lowest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is Ringwood East and Sopley.

#WardScore
1Ringwood East and Sopley55
2Milton52
3West Southbourne47
4Bransgore and Burley45
5Burton & Grange42
6Christchurch Town38
7East Southbourne & Tuckton25
8Bashley24
9Mudeford, Stanpit & West Highcliffe17
10Barton11
11Highcliffe & Walkford7

Which road in Friars Cliff has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Friars Cliff 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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