Crime Statistics for Water Eaton, Far Bletchley, Milton Keynes, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Water Eaton in August 2024. There were a total of 254 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Criminal Damage Arson.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Water Eaton, 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	111
Criminal Damage Arson	32
Public Order	30
Other Theft	16
Vehicle Crime	16
Anti Social Behaviour	14
Burglary	11
Drugs	6
Other Crime	4
Robbery	4
Shoplifting	4
Bicycle Theft	2
Possession Of Weapons	2
Theft From The Person	2
All Crime	254

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 Water Eaton. 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 Water Eaton

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Fenny Stratford (1.39 miles)	394
Water Eaton	244
Bletchley (1.39 miles)	235
Emerson Valley (2.24 miles)	189
Caldecotte (2.24 miles)	141
Little Brickhill (1.86 miles)	22
Bow Brickhill (2.24 miles)	17
Newton Longville (1.96 miles)	2
Great Brickhill (2.24 miles)	1
Green End (2.24 miles)	1

Where are the most violent places near Water Eaton?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Fenny Stratford	250
Water Eaton	111
Bletchley	109
Emerson Valley	55
Caldecotte	44
Little Brickhill	8
Bow Brickhill	7
Newton Longville	0
Great Brickhill	0
Green End	0

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

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 Water Eaton 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 Water Eaton compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Bletchley East	76
2	Woughton & Fishermead	75
3	Bletchley Park	42
4	Shenley Brook End	38
5	Bletchley West	37
6	Tattenhoe	36
7	Danesborough & Walton	34
8	Loughton & Shenley	33
9	Monkston	31
10	Linslade	27
11	Great Brickhill & Newton Longville	23

Which road in Water Eaton has the highest level of crime?

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