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

Crime statistics for Stowfield, Forest of Dean

There were a total of 6 street level crime incidents in Stowfield in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Drugs.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Stowfield, 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 Crime2
Drugs2
Anti Social Behaviour1
Vehicle Crime1
All Crime6

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 Stowfield. 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 Stowfield

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Ruardean (1.24 miles)15
Readings (1.39 miles)14
Joy’s Green (0.88 miles)9
Lower Lydbrook (0.62 miles)8
Stowfield6
Ruardean Woodside (1.96 miles)6
Hope Mansell (2.24 miles)5
Goodrich (1.75 miles)1
Carterspiece (1.86 miles)1
Kiln Green (1.39 miles)0

3.19%
of Lydbrook residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Stowfield?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Ruardean7
Readings4
Hope Mansell4
Joy’s Green3
Lower Lydbrook3
Stowfield2
Ruardean Woodside1
Goodrich0
Carterspiece0
Kiln Green0

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

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 Stowfield 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 Stowfield compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Stowfield and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Stowfield is ranked #9.

#WardScore
1Wyesham96
2Ross North50
3Ross West41
4Cinderford East35
5Ross East34
6Cinderford West34
7Coleford26
8Kerne Bridge18
9Lydbrook12
10Berry Hill10
11Mitcheldean, Ruardean & Drybrook7

Which road in Stowfield has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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