Forest of Dean

England · E14001240

4,480 crimes recorded in the last 12 months – violence & sexual offences is the most common, falling versus the year before.

Recorded crimes (last 12m)
4,480
Most common
Violence & sexual offences falling
1,816 reports
Data to
Apr 2026

Crimes per month

615/mo peak0 baseline
May 23Apr 26

By type (last 12 months)

CategoryReportsShare
Violence & sexual offencesfalling1,81640.5%
Anti-social behaviourfalling1,03623.1%
Criminal damage & arsonfalling3788.4%
Public orderfalling2766.2%
Other theftfalling2665.9%
Burglaryfalling1794.0%
Other crimefalling1463.3%
Vehicle crimefalling1202.7%
Shopliftingfalling1132.5%
Drugsfalling741.7%
Possession of weaponsfalling370.8%
Bicycle theftfalling160.4%
Robberyfalling160.4%
Theft from the personrising70.2%

The open street-level feed merges violence and sexual offences into one category. Splitting them (e.g. homicide vs sexual assault) needs ONS force-level tables, modelled to constituency in a later step.

Partial coverageSource: Street-level crime, data.police.uk (Home Office)· How we know this
Source
Street-level crime
Publisher
data.police.uk (Home Office)
Licence
Open Government Licence v3.0
Retrieved
2026-09-18
How it's mapped
Aggregated from smaller areas to the constituency on a best-fit basis.

Some areas or categories are missing from this source, so treat it as partial.

Source: data.police.uk, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.