Crime Statistics for Poole, Somerset West and Taunton, Somerset, 2024

Is Poole rough? This is our street level crime rate statistics overview for October 2024. There were a total of 126 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 Poole, 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 Crime60
Anti Social Behaviour15
Public Order15
Criminal Damage Arson10
Other Theft6
Shoplifting5
Other Crime5
Vehicle Crime4
Burglary3
Possession Of Weapons1
Theft From The Person1
Drugs1
All Crime126

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 Poole. 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 Poole

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Poole126
Chelston (0.62 miles)100
Nynehead (0.88 miles)83
Hockholler (1.24 miles)70
Tone (1.24 miles)46
Tonedale (1.24 miles)46
Hockholler Green (1.86 miles)40
Chelston Heathfield (1.24 miles)35
Bagley Green (1.75 miles)13
Runnington (1.86 miles)8

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Where are the most violent places near Poole?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Hockholler64
Poole60
Chelston45
Nynehead38
Hockholler Green32
Tone22
Tonedale22
Chelston Heathfield16
Runnington12
Bagley Green5

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

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 Poole 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 Poole compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Poole and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Residents in Poole have the highest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is Comeytrowe & Bishop's Hull.

#WardScore
1Wellington East53
2Wellington North47
3Norton Fitzwarren & Staplegrove32
4Trull, Pitminster & Corfe29
5Rockwell Green28
6Wellington South27
7Cotford St Luke & Oake24
8Monument20
9Milverton & District18
10Wiveliscombe & District17
11Comeytrowe & Bishop's Hull15

Which road in Poole has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: October 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
Published under the Open Government Licence v3.0

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