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

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Walkford in October 2024. There were a total of 42 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Walkford, 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	12
Anti Social Behaviour	8
Shoplifting	6
Criminal Damage Arson	5
Vehicle Crime	3
Other Theft	2
Burglary	2
Bicycle Theft	2
Theft From The Person	1
Public Order	1
All Crime	42

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 Walkford. 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 Walkford

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Ashley (2.56 miles)	136
New Milton (1.39 miles)	115
Barton on Sea (1.59 miles)	91
Walkford	36
South Bockhampton (2.56 miles)	23
Highcliffe (0.62 miles)	16
Beckley (1.39 miles)	15
Friars Cliff (1.75 miles)	9
Waterditch (2.24 miles)	7
Hengistbury Head (2.55 miles)	3

Where are the most violent places near Walkford?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Ashley	61
New Milton	51
Barton on Sea	42
Walkford	12
South Bockhampton	7
Beckley	7
Friars Cliff	4
Waterditch	3
Highcliffe	2
Hengistbury Head	1

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

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 Walkford 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 Walkford compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Milton	52
2	Brockenhurst and Forest South East	48
3	Bransgore and Burley	45
4	Becton	44
5	Burton & Grange	42
6	Fernhill	40
7	Christchurch Town	38
8	Bashley	24
9	Mudeford, Stanpit & West Highcliffe	17
10	Barton	11
11	Highcliffe & Walkford	7

Which road in Walkford has the highest level of crime?

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