Crime Statistics for Langton Matravers, Acton, Dorset, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Langton Matravers in October 2024. There was only 2 incident. See where that was on the map below.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Langton Matravers, 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	2
All Crime	2

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 Langton Matravers. 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 Langton Matravers

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

Location	Crime Incidents
New Swanage (2.24 miles)	37
Ulwell (2.24 miles)	37
Herston	19
Durlston Head (2.42 miles)	4
Corfe Castle (2.63 miles)	3
Little Woolgarston (2.24 miles)	3
Isle of Purbeck (2.56 miles)	2
New Buildings (1.24 miles)	2
Langton Matravers	2
Acton	0

Where are the most violent places near Langton Matravers?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
New Swanage	14
Ulwell	14
Herston	9
Durlston Head	2
New Buildings	2
Langton Matravers	2
Corfe Castle	1
Little Woolgarston	1
Isle of Purbeck	1
Acton	0

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

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 Langton Matravers 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 Langton Matravers compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Talbot & Branksome Woods	53
2	Poole Town	47
3	Hamworthy	40
4	Penn Hill	36
5	Parkstone	32
6	Canford Cliffs	31
7	Lytchett Matravers & Upton	30
8	Oakdale	29
9	South East Purbeck	24
10	Wareham	24
11	Swanage	23

Which road in Langton Matravers has the highest level of crime?

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