Crime Statistics for Boxbush, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, 2024

There were a total of 7 street level crime incidents in Boxbush in March 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Burglary.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Boxbush, 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 Crime4
Burglary1
Other Theft1
Anti Social Behaviour1
All Crime7

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 Boxbush. 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 Boxbush

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Mitcheldean (1.39 miles)25
Lane End (1.96 miles)15
Plump Hill (1.96 miles)12
Brimps Hill (1.24 miles)9
Boxbush7
Dursley Cross (1.24 miles)5
Aston Crews (1.86 miles)2
Lea Line (0.88 miles)2
Lea (1.39 miles)0
Dancing Green (2.48 miles)0

3.25%
of Mitcheldean, Ruardean & Drybrook residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Boxbush?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Mitcheldean22
Lane End13
Plump Hill10
Brimps Hill7
Boxbush4
Dursley Cross1
Aston Crews0
Lea Line0
Lea0
Dancing Green0

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

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 Boxbush 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 Boxbush compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Boxbush and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Resident in Boxbush have the lowest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is Newent & Taynton.

#WardScore
1Newent & Taynton36
2Dymock35
3Cinderford East35
4Ross East34
5Cinderford West34
6Kerne Bridge18
7Westbury-on-Severn16
8Lydbrook12
9Penyard12
10Longhope & Huntley7
11Mitcheldean, Ruardean & Drybrook7

Which road in Boxbush has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Boxbush with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Crooked End Place.

Last updated: March 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
Published under the Open Government Licence v3.0



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