Crime Statistics for Highcliffe, Highcliffe-on-Sea, Dorset, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Highcliffe in August 2024. There were a total of 44 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Anti Social Behaviour, followed by Violent Crime.

Crime CategoryIncidents
Anti Social Behaviour12
Violent Crime10
Other Theft6
Shoplifting4
Public Order3
Burglary3
Drugs2
Criminal Damage Arson2
Vehicle Crime1
Bicycle Theft1
All Crime44

Map of street level crime incidents in August 2024

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

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

LocationCrime Incidents
New Milton (1.75 miles)106
Ashley (2.77 miles)103
Barton on Sea (1.63 miles)77
South Bockhampton (2.77 miles)46
Friars Cliff (1.39 miles)46
Walkford (0.62 miles)41
Highcliffe27
Hengistbury Head (2.12 miles)18
Beckley (1.96 miles)11
Waterditch (2.63 miles)4

7.44%
of Highcliffe & Walkford residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Highcliffe?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
New Milton36
Ashley35
Barton on Sea26
Friars Cliff17
South Bockhampton10
Highcliffe10
Beckley10
Walkford9
Hengistbury Head4
Waterditch2

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

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 Highcliffe 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 Highcliffe compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Milton52
2Brockenhurst and Forest South East48
3Bransgore and Burley45
4Becton44
5Burton & Grange42
6Fernhill40
7Christchurch Town38
8Bashley24
9Mudeford, Stanpit & West Highcliffe17
10Barton11
11Highcliffe & Walkford7

Which road in Highcliffe has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: August 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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