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

Crime statistics for Highcliffe, Highcliffe-on-Sea

There were a total of 18 street level crime incidents in Highcliffe in February 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 Highcliffe, 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 Behaviour4
Other Theft3
Shoplifting1
Vehicle Crime1
Criminal Damage Arson1
Burglary1
All Crime18

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 Highcliffe. 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 Highcliffe

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Ashley (2.77 miles)83
New Milton (1.75 miles)67
Barton on Sea (1.63 miles)53
South Bockhampton (2.77 miles)30
Walkford (0.62 miles)29
Friars Cliff (1.39 miles)23
Highcliffe18
Beckley (1.96 miles)10
Hengistbury Head (2.12 miles)5
Waterditch (2.63 miles)1

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



Where are the most violent places near Highcliffe?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Ashley34
New Milton20
South Bockhampton17
Barton on Sea16
Friars Cliff13
Walkford9
Highcliffe7
Beckley3
Hengistbury Head1
Waterditch0

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

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 Highcliffe 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 Highcliffe compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Milton52
2Brockenhurst and Forest South East48
3Bransgore and Burley45
4Becton44
5Burton & Grange42
6Fernhill40
7Christchurch Town38
8Bashley24
9Mudeford, Stanpit & West Highcliffe17
10Barton11
11Highcliffe & Walkford7

Which road in Highcliffe has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: February 2024
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