Crime Statistics for High Nash, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, 2024

There were a total of 52 street level crime incidents in High Nash in March 2024. 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 High Nash, 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	25
Anti Social Behaviour	14
Criminal Damage Arson	3
Shoplifting	3
Vehicle Crime	2
Public Order	2
Burglary	1
Drugs	1
Other Theft	1
All Crime	52

Map of street level crime incidents in March 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes High Nash. 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 High Nash

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Broadwell (0.88 miles)	82
Mile End (0.88 miles)	82
Baker’s Hill (0.88 miles)	82
Coalway (0.62 miles)	69
Coleford	52
High Nash	52
Christchurch (1.24 miles)	49
Lower Berry Hill (0.62 miles)	49
Milkwall (0.88 miles)	32
Palmer’s Flat (0.88 miles)	32

Where are the most violent places near High Nash?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Broadwell	36
Mile End	36
Baker’s Hill	36
Coalway	32
Coleford	25
High Nash	25
Milkwall	20
Palmer’s Flat	20
Lower Berry Hill	18
Christchurch	15

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

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 High Nash 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 High Nash compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to High Nash and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. High Nash is ranked #5.

#	Ward	Score
1	Drybridge	97
2	Overmonnow	97
3	Wyesham	96
4	Dixton with Osbaston	96
5	Coleford	26
6	Bream	15
7	Lydbrook	12
8	Newland & Sling	10
9	Berry Hill	10

Which road in High Nash has the highest level of crime?

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