Total Crime Rate

129.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 129.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 71.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 39.6 9/10
  • Public order 7.2 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.6 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.6 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.6 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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

Highfield Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Lydbrook , and the 36th 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 Highfield Road (GL17 9XA) in the last 12 months was 129.5 per 1,000 residents and was 192.3% higher than the Lydbrook average (44.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 82.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 132.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Highfield Road (GL17 9XA), the main crime hotspot is near Belle Vue Road. Police recorded 21 crimes here, including 15 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Highfield Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (1/1)
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MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St John'S Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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