Crime Statistics for Lower Bockhampton, West Stafford, Dorset, 2024

Crime statistics for Lower Bockhampton, West Stafford

There were a total of 4 street level crime incidents in Lower Bockhampton in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Burglary.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Lower Bockhampton, 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 Crime2
Burglary1
Criminal Damage Arson1
All Crime4

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 Lower Bockhampton. 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 Lower Bockhampton

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Dorchester (2.48 miles)121
Frome (1.45 miles)95
Charminster (2.77 miles)42
Stinsford (0.88 miles)22
Crossways (3.34 miles)11
Higher Woodsford (2.56 miles)7
Broadmayne (2.49 miles)5
Lower Bockhampton4
Tincleton (3.16 miles)2
Higher Bockhampton (1.24 miles)0

4.29%
of Winterborne & Broadmayne residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Lower Bockhampton?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Dorchester45
Frome30
Charminster17
Stinsford7
Crossways6
Broadmayne3
Lower Bockhampton2
Higher Woodsford0
Tincleton0
Higher Bockhampton0

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

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 Lower Bockhampton 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 Lower Bockhampton compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Lower Bockhampton and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Lower Bockhampton is ranked #9.

#WardScore
1Melcombe Regis79
2Westham52
3Dorchester Poundbury45
4Dorchester West36
5Radipole36
6Littlemoor & Preston36
7Dorchester East28
8Crossways20
9Winterborne & Broadmayne17
10Charminster St Mary's15
11Upwey & Broadwey13

Which road in Lower Bockhampton has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
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