Total Crime Rate

317.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 317.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 124.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 71.7 10/10
  • Shoplifting 37.4 8/10
  • Public order 24.9 10/10
  • Other crime 18.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.4 7/10
  • Other theft 9.4 7/10
  • Burglary 6.2 6/10
  • Drugs 6.2 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.1 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.1 4/10
  • Theft from the person 3.1 4/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Forest Parade area has the highest crime rate of 37 local areas in Lydney East , and the 3rd 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 Forest Parade (GL15 5LA) in the last 12 months was 317.8 per 1,000 residents and was 204.5% higher 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 40 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 49 (≈ 152.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Forest Parade (GL15 5LA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 45 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Albert Street (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Forest Parade area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (21/21)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Watermead Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bath Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Bath Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bath Place —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hams Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Albert Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Albert Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fairfield Road —
Sep 2025Drugs Albert Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Albert Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Albert Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hams Road —
Sep 2025Other crime Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson South Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Regent Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Regent Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Regent Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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