Crime Statistics for Plump Hill, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Plump Hill in September 2024. There were a total of 11 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Possession Of Weapons.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Plump Hill, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	3
Possession Of Weapons	2
Other Theft	2
Other Crime	1
Criminal Damage Arson	1
Shoplifting	1
Anti Social Behaviour	1
All Crime	11

Map of street level crime incidents in September 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Plump Hill. 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 Plump Hill

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Collafield (1.86 miles)	139
Littledean Hill (1.86 miles)	70
Green Bottom (1.39 miles)	32
Mitcheldean (0.62 miles)	28
Brimps Hill (0.88 miles)	21
Lane End (1.75 miles)	16
Drybrook (1.24 miles)	11
Harrow Hill (1.39 miles)	11
Plump Hill	11
Ruardean Hill (1.86 miles)	6

Where are the most violent places near Plump Hill?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Collafield	120
Littledean Hill	30
Green Bottom	11
Lane End	11
Mitcheldean	10
Brimps Hill	7
Drybrook	4
Plump Hill	3
Harrow Hill	2
Ruardean Hill	2

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

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 Plump Hill 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 Plump Hill compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Newent & Taynton	36
2	Cinderford East	35
3	Cinderford West	34
4	Newnham	27
5	Kerne Bridge	18
6	Westbury-on-Severn	16
7	Lydbrook	12
8	Penyard	12
9	Longhope & Huntley	7
10	Mitcheldean, Ruardean & Drybrook	7

Which road in Plump Hill has the highest level of crime?

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