Total Crime Rate

89.3 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 89.3 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 38.7 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 29.8 9/10
  • Other theft 6.0 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.0 2/10
  • Drugs 3.0 2/10
  • Other crime 3.0 3/10
  • Public order 3.0 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.0 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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

Potter Grove area has the 13th highest crime rate of 37 local areas in Lydney East , and the 58th 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 Potter Grove (GL15 5FT) in the last 12 months was 89.3 per 1,000 residents and was 14.4% lower than the Lydney East average (104.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 41.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 55.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 0.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Potter Grove (GL15 5FT), the main crime hotspot is near Meadowbank. Police recorded 17 crimes here, including 10 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Potter Grove area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Highbrook Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wintour Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gordon Sargent Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Abbots Gate Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Duncan Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Potter Grove —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Meadowbank Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barnett Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wintour Drive Under investigation
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Data Sources

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