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

Crime statistics for Highleadon, Forest of Dean

There were a total of 2 street level crime incidents in Highleadon in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Criminal Damage Arson, followed by Violent Crime.

Crime CategoryIncidents
Criminal Damage Arson1
Violent Crime1
All Crime2

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 Highleadon. 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 Highleadon

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Newent (2.77 miles)30
Highnam Green (2.63 miles)9
Leadon (1.93 miles)4
Hartpury (2.24 miles)4
Malswick (1.75 miles)4
Bulley (2.49 miles)3
Rudford (1.39 miles)2
Highleadon2
Tibberton (1.24 miles)1
Taynton (2.24 miles)0

5.88%
of Highnam with Haw Bridge residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Highleadon?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Newent11
Highnam Green6
Leadon3
Rudford2
Hartpury1
Malswick1
Bulley1
Highleadon1
Tibberton1
Taynton0

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

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 Highleadon 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 Highleadon compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Highleadon and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Highleadon is ranked #8.

#WardScore
1Westgate76
2Kingsholm and Wotton70
3Moreland63
4Newent & Taynton36
5Dymock35
6Longdon29
7Innsworth23
8Highnam with Haw Bridge13
9Penyard12
10Hartpury & Redmarley10
11Longhope & Huntley7

Which road in Highleadon has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Highleadon with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around A417.

Last updated: January 2024
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