Crime Statistics for Coalway, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Coalway in October 2024. There were a total of 46 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Anti Social Behaviour, followed by Violent Crime.

Crime Category	Incidents
Anti Social Behaviour	15
Violent Crime	13
Public Order	5
Other Crime	3
Drugs	3
Other Theft	2
Vehicle Crime	1
Shoplifting	1
Criminal Damage Arson	1
Bicycle Theft	1
Burglary	1
All Crime	46

Map of street level crime incidents in October 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Coalway. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Coalway

We've taken the ten nearest places to Coalway and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Coalway has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Broadwell (0.62 miles)	56
Mile End (0.62 miles)	56
Baker’s Hill (0.62 miles)	56
Lower Berry Hill (0.88 miles)	47
Coalway	46
Coleford (0.62 miles)	42
High Nash (0.62 miles)	42
Milkwall (0.62 miles)	24
Palmer’s Flat (0.62 miles)	24
Cannop (1.39 miles)	19

Where are the most violent places near Coalway?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Coalway and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Broadwell	17
Mile End	17
Baker’s Hill	17
Lower Berry Hill	14
Coalway	13
Coleford	11
High Nash	11
Milkwall	9
Palmer’s Flat	9
Cannop	8

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Coalway?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Coalway to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Coalway compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Coalway and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Coalway is ranked #4.

#	Ward	Score
1	Drybridge	97
2	Wyesham	96
3	Cinderford West	34
4	Coleford	26
5	Bream	15
6	Lydbrook	12
7	Newland & Sling	10
8	Berry Hill	10
9	Lydney North	6

Which road in Coalway has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Coalway with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around this marker.