Crime Statistics for Five Acres, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, 2024

Crime statistics for Five Acres, Forest of Dean

There were a total of 71 street level crime incidents in Five Acres 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 Five Acres, 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 Crime30
Shoplifting19
Anti Social Behaviour9
Other Theft5
Burglary3
Public Order3
Bicycle Theft1
Robbery1
All Crime71

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 Five Acres. 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 Five Acres

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Broadwell (0.88 miles)112
Mile End (0.88 miles)112
Baker’s Hill (0.88 miles)112
Lower Berry Hill (0.62 miles)86
Coleford (1.24 miles)73
Five Acres71
Christchurch71
Berry Hill71
Joyford (0.62 miles)17
Shortstanding (0.62 miles)17

2.45%
of Berry Hill (Forest of Dean) residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Five Acres?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Broadwell44
Mile End44
Baker’s Hill44
Lower Berry Hill32
Five Acres30
Christchurch30
Berry Hill30
Coleford25
Joyford14
Shortstanding14

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

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 Five Acres 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 Five Acres compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Drybridge97
2Overmonnow97
3Wyesham96
4Dixton with Osbaston96
5Cinderford West34
6Coleford26
7Bream15
8Lydbrook12
9Newland & Sling10
10Berry Hill10

Which road in Five Acres has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: February 2024
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