Crime Statistics for Bothenhampton, West Bay, Dorset, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Bothenhampton in September 2024. There were a total of 23 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Shoplifting.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Bothenhampton, 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 Crime11
Shoplifting4
Criminal Damage Arson3
Other Theft2
Anti Social Behaviour1
Public Order1
Drugs1
All Crime23

Map of street level crime incidents in September 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Bothenhampton. 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 Bothenhampton

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Coneygar (1.24 miles)63
Allington (1.24 miles)63
Bridport (0.62 miles)60
Bothenhampton23
Watton (0.62 miles)5
Highlands (0.62 miles)5
Higher Eype (1.39 miles)4
Miles Cross (1.76 miles)1
Eype’s Mouth (1.24 miles)0
Lower Eype (1.24 miles)0

5.95%
of Bridport residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Bothenhampton?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Bridport25
Coneygar20
Allington20
Bothenhampton11
Watton2
Highlands2
Higher Eype0
Miles Cross0
Eype’s Mouth0
Lower Eype0

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

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 Bothenhampton 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 Bothenhampton compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Bothenhampton and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Bothenhampton is ranked #3.

#WardScore
1Axminster35
2Chesil Bank30
3Bridport29
4Beaminster22
5Lyme & Charmouth20
6Windwhistle18
7Eggardon17
8Marshwood Vale15
9Yarty13
10Trinity6
11Yetminster5

Which road in Bothenhampton has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: September 2024
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