Crime Statistics for Bourton, South Somerset, Dorset, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Bourton in October 2024. There was only 1 incident. See where that was on the map below.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Bourton, 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	1
All Crime	1

Map of street level crime incidents in October 2024

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

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Bayford (2.56 miles)	65
Peacemarsh (3.1 miles)	56
Milton on Stour (2.77 miles)	29
Stoke Trister (2.24 miles)	18
Shalford (3.1 miles)	15
Stourton (2.56 miles)	6
Long Cross (1.75 miles)	2
Zeals (1.39 miles)	2
Bourton	1
Silton (1.39 miles)	0

Where are the most violent places near Bourton?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Bayford	22
Peacemarsh	15
Stoke Trister	11
Shalford	9
Milton on Stour	4
Long Cross	1
Zeals	1
Bourton	1
Stourton	0
Silton	0

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

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 Bourton 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 Bourton compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Wincanton	48
2	Shaftesbury Town	28
3	Mere	28
4	Postlebury	28
5	Bruton	20
6	Milborne Port	18
7	Blackmoor Vale	16
8	Cary	13
9	Tower	12
10	Gillingham	12
11	Stalbridge & Marnhull	2

Which road in Bourton has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Bourton with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around A371.