Crime Statistics for Gaunt’s Common, Gaunts Common, Dorset, 2024

Crime statistics for Gaunt’s Common, Gaunts Common

There were a total of 2 street level crime incidents in Gaunt’s Common 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 Criminal Damage Arson.

Crime CategoryIncidents
Anti Social Behaviour1
Criminal Damage Arson1
All Crime2

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 Gaunt’s Common. 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 Gaunt’s Common

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Furzehill (1.96 miles)13
Clapgate (1.96 miles)13
Broom Hill (1.96 miles)9
Higher Row (1.39 miles)3
Lower Row (1.39 miles)3
Gaunt’s Common2
Holt Wood2
Horton (1.39 miles)1
Holt (1.24 miles)1
Crooked Withies (1.86 miles)1

13.47%
of Cranborne Chase residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Gaunt’s Common?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Furzehill8
Clapgate8
Broom Hill7
Higher Row1
Lower Row1
Holt Wood1
Horton1
Gaunt’s Common0
Holt0
Crooked Withies0

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Gaunt’s Common?

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 Gaunt’s Common 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 Gaunt’s Common compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Gaunt’s Common and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Gaunt’s Common is ranked #5.

#WardScore
1Forest North West63
2Wimborne Minster44
3West Moors & Three Legged Cross25
4Commons25
5Cranborne Chase17
6Ferndown South17
7Colehill & Wimborne Minster East14
8Verwood11
9Cranborne & Alderholt11
10West Parley8
11Ferndown North8

Which road in Gaunt’s Common has the highest level of crime?

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

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