Crime Rate in Berry Hill, ward

Berry Hill has the 7th highest crime rate of 21 wards in Forest of Dean district and the 2971st lowest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South West), it has the 410th highest crime rate of 821 wards.

The overall crime rate in Berry Hill in the last 12 months was 53.2 per 1,000 residents and was 1.4% lower than the Forest of Dean district average (54.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Berry Hill’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 110 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 10.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -27.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 128 (≈ 25.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Berry Hill ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Parking Area, with 38 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Aston Close (14 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.