Crime Statistics for Higher Whatcombe, Winterborne Whitechurch, Dorset, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Higher Whatcombe in August 2024. There were a total of 2 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Robbery, followed by Violent Crime.

Crime Category	Incidents
Robbery	1
Violent Crime	1
All Crime	2

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 Higher Whatcombe. 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 Higher Whatcombe

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Blandford Forum (4.39 miles)	69
Blandford St Mary (3.97 miles)	29
Bryanston (3.97 miles)	28
Littleton (4.16 miles)	7
Bere Regis (3.78 miles)	4
Charlton on the Hill (3.92 miles)	4
Higher Whatcombe	2
Hedge End (3.17 miles)	1
Anderson (3.51 miles)	1
Milborne St Andrew (3.1 miles)	1

Where are the most violent places near Higher Whatcombe?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Blandford Forum	32
Blandford St Mary	22
Bryanston	12
Littleton	2
Bere Regis	2
Higher Whatcombe	1
Milborne St Andrew	1
Charlton on the Hill	0
Hedge End	0
Anderson	0

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

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 Higher Whatcombe 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 Higher Whatcombe compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Stour & Allen Vale	27
2	Beacon	26
3	Blandford	25
4	Wareham	24
5	Winterborne & Broadmayne	17
6	Hill Forts & Upper Tarrants	15
7	Chalk Valleys	13
8	Sturminster Newton	12
9	Blackmore Vale	11
10	Winterborne North	10
11	Puddletown & Lower Winterborne	8

Which road in Higher Whatcombe has the highest level of crime?

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