Total Crime Rate

127.1 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 127.1 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 53.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 36.7 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.1 8/10
  • Public order 8.5 7/10
  • Other theft 5.7 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.8 3/10
  • Burglary 2.8 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.8 2/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Meadow View area has the 10th highest crime rate of 37 local areas in Lydney East , and the 37th highest crime rate of 244 local areas in Forest of Dean .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Meadow View (GL15 5DB) in the last 12 months was 127.1 per 1,000 residents and was 21.8% higher than the Lydney East average (104.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 45.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 23.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Meadow View (GL15 5DB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Meadow View, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Purton Place (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Meadow View area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Meadow View Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Meadowbank Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gordon Sargent Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shepherdine Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Shepherdine Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Klondyke Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Klondyke Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harrison Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Meadow View Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rodley Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Meadow View
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Meadow View Under investigation

Data Sources

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