Crime Statistics for South Bockhampton, Burton, Dorset, 2024

Crime statistics for South Bockhampton, Burton

There were a total of 38 street level crime incidents in South 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 Criminal Damage Arson.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in South 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 Crime12
Criminal Damage Arson7
Anti Social Behaviour7
Other Theft5
Shoplifting3
Vehicle Crime1
Burglary1
Drugs1
Public Order1
All Crime38

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 South 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 South Bockhampton

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Stour (2.49 miles)136
Christchurch (2.24 miles)108
Jumpers Common (1.96 miles)107
Boscombe (2.33 miles)100
Fairmile (1.39 miles)94
Southbourne (2.33 miles)92
Blackwater (2.48 miles)63
South Bockhampton38
Friars Cliff (2.24 miles)32
Waterditch (0.88 miles)2

6.27%
of Burton & Grange residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near South Bockhampton?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Stour56
Jumpers Common44
Christchurch43
Boscombe38
Fairmile37
Southbourne33
Blackwater24
Friars Cliff14
South Bockhampton12
Waterditch0

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in South 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 South 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 South Bockhampton compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to South Bockhampton and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. South Bockhampton is ranked #6.

#WardScore
1Boscombe East & Pokesdown76
2Ringwood East and Sopley55
3West Southbourne47
4Littledown & Ilford46
5Bransgore and Burley45
6Burton & Grange42
7Christchurch Town38
8East Southbourne & Tuckton25
9Bashley24
10Mudeford, Stanpit & West Highcliffe17
11Highcliffe & Walkford7

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

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

Last updated: January 2024
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