Total Crime Rate

106.4 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

46.8 per 1,000 7/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 106.4 8/10
  • Violent crimes 46.8 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 38.3 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.8 6/10
  • Other theft 12.8 9/10
  • Burglary 8.5 8/10
  • Drugs 8.5 8/10
  • Other crime 8.5 9/10
  • Public order 8.5 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.3 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.3 4/10
  • 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
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

School Close area has the 8th highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Berry Hill , and the 28th highest crime rate of 241 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 School Close (GL16 7RT) in the last 12 months was 106.4 per 1,000 residents and was 137.4% higher than the Berry Hill average (44.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -10.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 46.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 0.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around School Close (GL16 7RT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lewis Glade, where police recorded 13 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Birch Park (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Data Sources

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