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Crime in GL18 1

How much crime is recorded in GL18 1, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.

Council
Forest of Dean
Region
South West
Population
16,928 (2024)
Crime

How safe is GL18 1

Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 20.4 offences per 1,000 people a year in GL18 1, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 5 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.

Higher-harm crime band
5/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime

Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.

Higher-harm
20.4
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
39
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).

GL18 1National
Violence and sexual offences16.223.6
Burglary10.59.1
Anti-social behaviour8.010.7
Public order3.04.6
Criminal damage and arson2.94.7
Other theft2.84.5
Shoplifting1.38.4
Other crime1.01.5
Vehicle crime0.83.5
Drugs0.72.4
Possession of weapons0.40.9
Robbery0.31.4
Trend

Higher-harm crime over time

The rate has been broadly flat 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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