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

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Water Eaton in October 2024. There were a total of 118 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Other Theft.

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 CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime58
Other Theft15
Criminal Damage Arson10
Drugs9
Anti Social Behaviour8
Vehicle Crime7
Public Order5
Robbery2
Possession Of Weapons1
Burglary1
Shoplifting1
Theft From The Person1
All Crime118

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 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.

LocationCrime Incidents
Bletchley (1.39 miles)211
Emerson Valley (2.24 miles)157
Water Eaton108
Fenny Stratford (1.39 miles)107
Caldecotte (2.24 miles)68
Little Brickhill (1.86 miles)17
Bow Brickhill (2.24 miles)15
Great Brickhill (2.24 miles)6
Newton Longville (1.96 miles)3
Green End (2.24 miles)3

21.98%
of Bletchley Park residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



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.

LocationViolent Incidents
Bletchley86
Fenny Stratford82
Water Eaton58
Emerson Valley57
Caldecotte19
Bow Brickhill8
Little Brickhill4
Newton Longville2
Great Brickhill0
Green End0

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.

#WardScore
1Bletchley East76
2Woughton & Fishermead75
3Bletchley Park42
4Shenley Brook End38
5Bletchley West37
6Tattenhoe36
7Danesborough & Walton34
8Loughton & Shenley33
9Monkston31
10Linslade27
11Great Brickhill & Newton Longville23

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.

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