Crime Statistics for Bulford, Wiltshire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Bulford in October 2024. There were a total of 34 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 Bulford, 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	7
Shoplifting	4
Public Order	3
Criminal Damage Arson	3
Other Theft	2
Vehicle Crime	2
Burglary	1
All Crime	34

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 Bulford. 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 Bulford

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Ratfyn (0.88 miles)	180
Amesbury (1.75 miles)	120
Hackthorn (1.76 miles)	35
Bulford	34
Durrington (1.39 miles)	34
Brigmerston (1.39 miles)	33
Milston (1.39 miles)	33
Bulford Camp (1.24 miles)	14
Strangways (1.86 miles)	14
Ablington (2.24 miles)	12

Where are the most violent places near Bulford?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Ratfyn	108
Amesbury	44
Bulford	12
Bulford Camp	8
Hackthorn	6
Durrington	6
Brigmerston	6
Milston	6
Strangways	3
Ablington	1

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

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 Bulford 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 Bulford compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Bulford and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Residents in Bulford have the highest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is Bulford, Allington and Figheldean.

#	Ward	Score
1	Amesbury West	39
2	Ludgershall and Perham Down	35
3	Amesbury East	32
4	Salisbury St Francis and Stratford	32
5	Winterslow	28
6	Salisbury St Mark's and Bishopdown	27
7	The Collingbournes and Netheravon	26
8	Tidworth	24
9	Bourne and Woodford Valley	24
10	Durrington and Larkhill	20
11	Bulford, Allington and Figheldean	19

Which road in Bulford has the highest level of crime?

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