Crime Statistics for Canford Heath, Poole, Poole, 2024

There were a total of 125 street level crime incidents in Canford Heath 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 Canford Heath, 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 Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	41
Anti Social Behaviour	23
Other Theft	12
Shoplifting	12
Criminal Damage Arson	10
Burglary	9
Public Order	8
Vehicle Crime	4
Drugs	3
Possession Of Weapons	2
Other Crime	1
All Crime	125

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 Canford Heath. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

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 Canford Heath

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Wallisdown (1.96 miles)	259
Turbary Common (1.86 miles)	239
Oakdale (1.24 miles)	215
Alderney (1.24 miles)	193
West Howe (1.96 miles)	177
Waterloo	157
Parkstone (1.96 miles)	130
Canford Heath	125
Creekmoor (1.39 miles)	73
Broadstone (1.39 miles)	60

Where are the most violent places near Canford Heath?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Wallisdown	99
Turbary Common	93
Alderney	89
Oakdale	74
West Howe	66
Waterloo	49
Parkstone	47
Canford Heath	41
Broadstone	24
Creekmoor	22

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

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 Canford Heath 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 Canford Heath compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Canford Heath and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Canford Heath is ranked #7.

#	Ward	Score
1	Kinson	61
2	Newtown & Heatherlands	55
3	Alderney & Bourne Valley	53
4	Poole Town	47
5	Parkstone	32
6	Bearwood & Merley	30
7	Oakdale	29
8	Canford Heath	26
9	Creekmoor	20
10	Broadstone	8
11	Corfe Mullen	7

Which road in Canford Heath has the highest level of crime?

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