Crime Statistics for Ryeford, Stroud, Gloucestershire, 2024

There were a total of 34 street level crime incidents in Ryeford in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Ryeford, 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	18
Anti Social Behaviour	5
Criminal Damage Arson	4
Shoplifting	3
Other Theft	2
Vehicle Crime	1
Other Crime	1
All Crime	34

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 Ryeford. 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 Ryeford

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Cainscross (1.39 miles)	99
Cashes Green (0.88 miles)	81
Dudbridge (1.24 miles)	78
Old Canal (0.94 miles)	66
Randwick (1.39 miles)	60
Stonehouse (0.88 miles)	57
Ebley (0.62 miles)	47
Oldend (1.39 miles)	38
Ryeford	34
Bridgend (0.62 miles)	28

Where are the most violent places near Ryeford?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Cashes Green	30
Cainscross	29
Randwick	26
Dudbridge	24
Stonehouse	24
Old Canal	21
Ebley	18
Ryeford	18
Oldend	15
Bridgend	12

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

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 Ryeford 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 Ryeford compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Stroud Central	65
2	Stroud Farmhill and Paganhill	61
3	Hardwicke	23
4	Severn	16
5	The Stanleys	13
6	Stonehouse	12
7	Cainscross	9
8	Rodborough	5
9	Coaley and Uley	5
10	Amberley and Woodchester	2
11	Randwick, Whiteshill and Ruscombe	1

Which road in Ryeford has the highest level of crime?

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