Crime Statistics for Baker’s Hill, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, 2024

Crime statistics for Baker’s Hill, Forest of Dean

There were a total of 66 street level crime incidents in Baker’s Hill in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Other Theft.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Baker’s Hill, 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 CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime25
Other Theft10
Anti Social Behaviour8
Burglary6
Public Order5
Criminal Damage Arson5
Shoplifting3
Other Crime2
Theft From The Person1
Vehicle Crime1
All Crime66

Map of street level crime incidents in January 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Baker’s Hill. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

How grim is your Postcode?

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 Baker’s Hill

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Broadwell66
Mile End66
Baker’s Hill66
Lower Berry Hill (0.62 miles)51
Coalway (0.62 miles)50
Coleford (0.88 miles)46
High Nash (0.88 miles)46
Five Acres (0.88 miles)40
Christchurch (0.88 miles)40
Berry Hill (0.88 miles)40

3.19%
of Coleford residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Baker’s Hill?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Broadwell25
Mile End25
Baker’s Hill25
Lower Berry Hill20
Coalway18
Coleford17
High Nash17
Five Acres15
Christchurch15
Berry Hill15

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Baker’s Hill?

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 Baker’s Hill 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 Baker’s Hill compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Drybridge97
2Wyesham96
3Dixton with Osbaston96
4Cinderford West34
5Coleford26
6Bream15
7Lydbrook12
8Newland & Sling10
9Berry Hill10

Which road in Baker’s Hill has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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