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

Crime statistics for Ruddle, Forest of Dean

There were a total of 5 street level crime incidents in Ruddle in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Vehicle Crime, followed by Public Order.

Crime CategoryIncidents
Vehicle Crime1
Public Order1
Anti Social Behaviour1
Violent Crime1
Burglary1
All Crime5

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 Ruddle. 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 Ruddle

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Ruspidge (1.96 miles)27
Littledean (1.39 miles)21
Broadoak (1.39 miles)7
Ruddle5
Newnham (0.62 miles)5
Pope’s Hill (1.86 miles)3
Lower Soudley (1.75 miles)0
Arlingham (1.39 miles)0
Milton End (1.96 miles)0
Grange Village (0.88 miles)0

4.52%
of Newnham (Forest of Dean) residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Ruddle?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Ruspidge16
Littledean12
Pope’s Hill2
Broadoak1
Ruddle1
Newnham1
Lower Soudley0
Arlingham0
Milton End0
Grange Village0

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

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 Ruddle 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 Ruddle compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Ruddle and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Ruddle is ranked #4.

#WardScore
1Cinderford East35
2Cinderford West34
3Lydney East34
4Newnham27
5Westbury-on-Severn16
6Bream15
7Longhope & Huntley7
8Mitcheldean, Ruardean & Drybrook7
9Lydney North6

Which road in Ruddle has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Ruddle 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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