Crime in GL18 2
How much crime is recorded in GL18 2, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Council
- Forest of Dean
- Region
- South West
- Population
- 3,966 (2024)
GL18 2Postcode sector · Newent
How safe is GL18 2
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 20.7 offences per 1,000 people a year in GL18 2, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 5 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
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).
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 48% since 2022.
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover February 2025 to January 2026, the latest twelve months this area's police force has published. Other forces have published to August 2026.
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Postcodes in this sector
- GL18 2AA
- GL18 2AB
- GL18 2AD
- GL18 2AE
- GL18 2AF
- GL18 2AG
- GL18 2AH
- GL18 2AJ
- GL18 2AL
- GL18 2AN
- GL18 2AP
- GL18 2AQ
- GL18 2AR
- GL18 2AS
- GL18 2AT
- GL18 2AU
- GL18 2AW
- GL18 2AX
- GL18 2AY
- GL18 2AZ
- GL18 2BA
- GL18 2BB
- GL18 2BD
- GL18 2BE
- GL18 2BG
- GL18 2BH
- GL18 2BJ
- GL18 2BL
- GL18 2BN
- GL18 2BP
- GL18 2BS
- GL18 2BT
- GL18 2BU
- GL18 2BW
- GL18 2DA
- GL18 2DB
- GL18 2DD
- GL18 2DE
- GL18 2DF
- GL18 2DG
- GL18 2DH
- GL18 2DJ
- GL18 2DL
- GL18 2DN
- GL18 2DP
- GL18 2DQ
- GL18 2DR
- GL18 2DS