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

There were a total of 112 street level crime incidents in Broadwell in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Shoplifting.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Broadwell, 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	44
Shoplifting	25
Anti Social Behaviour	16
Criminal Damage Arson	9
Other Theft	7
Public Order	4
Burglary	3
Vehicle Crime	2
Robbery	1
Other Crime	1
All Crime	112

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

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

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Broadwell	112
Mile End	112
Baker’s Hill	112
Coalway (0.62 miles)	94
Lower Berry Hill (0.62 miles)	86
Coleford (0.88 miles)	73
High Nash (0.88 miles)	73
Five Acres (0.88 miles)	71
Christchurch (0.88 miles)	71
Berry Hill (0.88 miles)	71

Where are the most violent places near Broadwell?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Broadwell	44
Mile End	44
Baker’s Hill	44
Lower Berry Hill	32
Five Acres	30
Christchurch	30
Berry Hill	30
Coalway	29
Coleford	25
High Nash	25

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

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 Broadwell 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 Broadwell compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Drybridge	97
2	Wyesham	96
3	Dixton with Osbaston	96
4	Cinderford West	34
5	Coleford	26
6	Bream	15
7	Lydbrook	12
8	Newland & Sling	10
9	Berry Hill	10

Which road in Broadwell has the highest level of crime?

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