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Crime in GL17 0

How much crime is recorded in GL17 0, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.

Council
Forest of Dean
Region
South West
Population
14,024 (2024)
Crime

How safe is GL17 0

Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 16.3 offences per 1,000 people a year in GL17 0, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 4 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.

Higher-harm crime band
4/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime

Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.

Higher-harm
16.3
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
34
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
By type

What crime is recorded

Recorded offences per 1,000 people a year (counting both residents and people who work locally, or per 1,000 households for burglary).

GL17 0National
Violence and sexual offences14.023.6
Anti-social behaviour8.010.7
Burglary4.09.1
Criminal damage and arson3.04.7
Other theft2.64.5
Public order2.04.6
Other crime1.41.5
Shoplifting1.28.4
Vehicle crime0.93.5
Drugs0.52.4
Bicycle theft0.41.0
Possession of weapons0.40.9
Robbery0.31.4
Trend

Higher-harm crime over time

It has fallen 27% since 2022.

Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
2022202320242025

Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates use each neighbourhood's latest twelve published months, which end between January 2026 and August 2026 because police forces publish on different schedules.

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