Crime Statistics for Ratfyn, Amesbury, Wiltshire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Ratfyn in October 2024. There were a total of 360 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 Ratfyn, 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	108
Anti Social Behaviour	80
Shoplifting	44
Public Order	32
Other Theft	24
Burglary	20
Vehicle Crime	20
Criminal Damage Arson	16
Other Crime	4
Drugs	4
Possession Of Weapons	4
Bicycle Theft	4
All Crime	360

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 Ratfyn. 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 Ratfyn

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Ratfyn	180
Amesbury (0.88 miles)	120
Hackthorn (1.96 miles)	35
Bulford (0.88 miles)	34
Durrington (1.39 miles)	34
Brigmerston (1.86 miles)	33
Milston (1.86 miles)	33
Bulford Camp (1.96 miles)	14
Strangways (1.39 miles)	14
Alton (2.56 miles)	12

Where are the most violent places near Ratfyn?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Ratfyn 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
Alton	1

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

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 Ratfyn 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 Ratfyn compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Salisbury Bemerton	67
2	Wilton and Lower Wylye Valley	44
3	Amesbury West	39
4	Amesbury East	32
5	Salisbury St Francis and Stratford	32
6	Winterslow	28
7	Salisbury St Mark's and Bishopdown	27
8	The Collingbournes and Netheravon	26
9	Bourne and Woodford Valley	24
10	Durrington and Larkhill	20
11	Bulford, Allington and Figheldean	19

Which road in Ratfyn has the highest level of crime?

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