Crime and Safety in Lydney
Last updated: 07 Jun 2026
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Lydney is among the top 10 safest small towns in Gloucestershire, and is the 107th most dangerous overall out of Gloucestershire's 305 towns, villages, and cities. The overall crime rate in Lydney in 2026 is 43 crimes per 1,000 people. This compares favourably to Gloucestershire's overall crime rate, coming in 13% lower than the Gloucestershire rate of 49 per 1,000 daytime population. For England, Wales, and Northern Ireland as a whole, Lydney is the 34th safest small town, and the 1,517th safest location out of all towns, cities, and villages.
In April 2025, Lydney had the worst crime rate in Gloucestershire for theft from the person, with 1 crime reported and a crime rate of 0.08 per 1,000 daytime population. June 2022 was also a bad month for Lydney residents, when it was again Gloucestershire's most dangerous area for theft from the person, recording 1 crime at a rate of 0.09 per 1,000 daytime population. Lydney recorded 2 reports of possession of weapons during December 2020, making its crime rate of 0.20 the worst for possession of weapons in Gloucestershire that month.
The most common crimes in Lydney are violence and sexual offences, with 284 offences during 2026, giving a crime rate of 24. This is 18% lower than 2025's figure of 347 offences and a difference of 5.25 from 2025's crime rate of 29. Lydney's least common crime is theft from the person, with 2 offences recorded in 2026, a decrease of 50% from 2025's figure of 4 crimes.
Lydney 2026 Crime Scorecard
Top 10 Safest
Small Towns, Gloucestershire
30% lower, regional crime rate
South West
41% lower, national crime rate
England, Wales & NI
Local Crime in Context
As of January 2026, the crime rate in Lydney is 30% lower than the South West and 41% lower than the England, Wales & Northern Ireland overall figure.
Lydney Crime Rate Over Time
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Lydney Crime Map
Incidents mapped in Lydney represent the time frame between January 2016 and January 2026. Each point on the map represents an area where crimes have been recorded locally.
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Gloucestershire Police are behind schedule with their crime data updates, and the most recent data on data.police.uk for Gloucestershire Police is for January 2026.
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We advise exercising caution with statistics for areas within Gloucestershire Police's boundaries, particularly if comparing against areas with more recent data, until Gloucestershire Police are back on schedule.
Crime data on data.police.uk is typically updated once per month, and includes new data with a two-month delay.
Introduction to Lydney's crime statistics
This crime profile provides a detailed view of crime and safety around Lydney up to January 2026, the most recent data release available. The crime figures and statistics have been calculated across each of Lydney's 305 postcodes using three area sizes for comparison:
- Within a Five-Minute Walk
- Within a Ten-Minute Walk
- Within a Fifteen-Minute Walk
Individual crime risk scores and index figures are for the 12-month period ending January 2026 unless otherwise stated.
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Crime Risk Scores
Lydney • 12 Months Ending January 2026
The typical five-minute walk within Lydney has a crime risk score of 510. This is based on analysis of 305 nearby areas within Lydney, with "most" referring to roughly two thirds of the nearby locations.
Crime risk scores are on a scale of 1 to 1,000 and consider the severity of the crimes involved, as determined by sentencing guidelines. A score of 1 represents the lowest risk, and 1,000 the highest risk. This approach ensures that - unlike overall crime rate figures - bicycle theft is not given the same importance in Lydney's risk scores as, for example, robbery, or violence & sexual offences.
Within a five-minute walk of the typical location in Lydney, crime risk scores are typically around 510, while in Gloucestershire they are average 453.
Areas within a ten-minute walk typically see crime risk scores of 467 (445 for Gloucestershire), and scores within a fifteen-minute walk are most often around 454 (Gloucestershire 428).
Trends in Crime Risk
Lydney
Calculated via Seasonal and Trend decomposition using Loess, the Seasonality Adjusted line represents the original data with seasonality subtracted, and the Trend line has been plotted unadjusted. Overall trend direction has been identified using the Mann-Kendall trend test, and rate calculated from the slope of the best-fit line identified from linear regression.
The 10-year trend indicates an increase of 116% in Lydney's crime risk score. This is potentially a strong signal of how the crime risk is evolving. Cross-referencing with major cultural events and Covid's impact during this time is advised.
The five-year trend may be static; no significant trend was identified in Lydney's crime risk scores during this timeframe.
Over the last year, Lydney's crime risk score has shown an upward trend of approximately 13%, indicating that the risk profile is going up. This is an extremely short time period for crime trend analysis, and caution should be exercised when interpreting this figure.
Crime Rates and Indexes
Lydney
The CrimeRate Index shows how crime rates compare against the national average.
1.0 equals the average
2.0 is double
3.0 triple
0.5 is half and
0.25 a quarter.
Highest Crime Rates
Lydney • 12 Months Ending January 2026
Excluding other crime and other theft because their geographic location is often not relevant, anti-social behaviour as its definition is too wide, and bicycle theft for its specificity.
Robbery offences have a crime rate of 0.33 reports per 1,000 people in Lydney, which is 3.30 times the national average. This figure is calculated from 4 crime reports logged by Gloucestershire Police during the 12-month period ending January 2026.
For the same period, Gloucestershire Police recorded 9 reports of Possession of Weapons in Lydney, resulting in a crime rate of 0.75 reports per 1,000, and a CrimeRate Index of 1.74.
The crime rate for Violence and Sexual Offences is 0.92 times the national average at 24 reports per 1,000. This is from 284 crime reports reported to Gloucestershire Police.
Most Significant 3-Year Increases in Crime Types
Lydney
Excluding other crime and other theft, anti-social behaviour, and bicycle theft, and calculated with the same STL method described in Trends in Crime Risk, using CrimeRate Index figures to identify crime types that are trending above or below the national average, and the analysis timeframe limited to the last three years.
Drugs offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of - for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Drugs CrimeRate Index was 1.23 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a near-complete decrease over this timeframe.
Possession of Weapons offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of - for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Possession of Weapons CrimeRate Index was 2.57 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a near-complete decrease over this timeframe.
Most Significant 3-Year Decreases in Crime Types
Lydney
Calculated with the same methodology as the largest increases section above.
Burglary offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of - for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Burglary CrimeRate Index was 1.09 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a near-complete decrease over this timeframe.
Public Order offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of - for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Public Order CrimeRate Index was 0.56 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a near-complete decrease over this timeframe.
Shoplifting offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of - for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Shoplifting CrimeRate Index was 0.52 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a near-complete decrease over this timeframe.
Crime Type Breakdown & Heat Map
Lydney • 12 Months Ending January 2026
Size and colour reflect the CrimeRate Index figures for each type of crime.
Lydney | Gloucestershire | South West | |||||||
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| Crime Type | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index |
| Anti-Social Behaviour | 165 | 13.71 | 1.26 | 12,776 | 11.54 | 0.82 | 82,030 | 12.62 | 0.89 |
| Bicycle Theft | 4 | 0.33 | 2.36 | 566 | 0.52 | 0.71 | 3,702 | 0.54 | 0.74 |
| Burglary | 14 | 1.17 | 0.63 | 2,777 | 2.50 | 0.80 | 15,750 | 2.42 | 0.77 |
| Criminal Damage and Arson | 44 | 3.66 | 0.77 | 4,341 | 3.92 | 0.62 | 36,459 | 5.64 | 0.90 |
| Drugs | 17 | 1.42 | 0.90 | 1,364 | 1.24 | 0.40 | 10,358 | 1.60 | 0.52 |
| Other Crime | 24 | 1.98 | 1.83 | 1,449 | 1.30 | 0.70 | 8,931 | 1.38 | 0.75 |
| Other Theft | 27 | 2.25 | 0.52 | 4,079 | 3.68 | 0.65 | 31,450 | 4.85 | 0.85 |
| Possession of Weapons | 9 | 0.75 | 1.74 | 528 | 0.47 | 0.55 | 3,967 | 0.62 | 0.73 |
| Public Order | 48 | 4.01 | 0.90 | 5,210 | 4.71 | 0.81 | 36,669 | 5.63 | 0.97 |
| Robbery | 4 | 0.33 | 3.30 | 689 | 0.59 | 0.50 | 4,567 | 0.70 | 0.59 |
| Shoplifting | 18 | 1.50 | 0.37 | 5,696 | 5.14 | 0.72 | 37,365 | 5.76 | 0.81 |
| Theft From the Person | 2 | 0.16 | 0.59 | 178 | 0.14 | 0.09 | 2,043 | 0.33 | 0.21 |
| Vehicle Crime | 16 | 1.34 | 0.53 | 2,409 | 2.17 | 0.50 | 16,666 | 2.56 | 0.60 |
| Violence and Sexual Offences | 284 | 23.63 | 0.92 | 25,193 | 22.75 | 0.75 | 189,257 | 29.13 | 0.96 |
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Total Crime by Year
Lydney | Gloucestershire | South West | |||||||
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| Year | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index |
| 2026 | 511 | 42.53 | 0.83 | 54,479 | 49.13 | 0.68 | 397,184 | 61.16 | 0.85 |
| 2025 | 583 | 49.79 | 0.75 | 63,613 | 57.93 | 0.78 | 402,192 | 62.40 | 0.84 |
| 2024 | 745 | 65.74 | 0.97 | 67,182 | 61.87 | 0.82 | 357,420 | 55.92 | 0.74 |
| 2023 | 888 | 80.90 | 1.11 | 68,362 | 63.73 | 0.81 | 360,086 | 56.89 | 0.72 |
| 2022 | 628 | 59.08 | 0.86 | 58,356 | 55.10 | 0.72 | 351,958 | 56.19 | 0.73 |
| 2021 | 444 | 43.53 | 0.71 | 46,191 | 44.17 | 0.64 | 311,592 | 50.21 | 0.73 |
| 2020 | 533 | 53.49 | 0.79 | 52,543 | 50.65 | 0.68 | 343,342 | 55.68 | 0.75 |
| 2019 | 448 | 45.78 | 0.70 | 47,830 | 46.35 | 0.61 | 348,574 | 56.87 | 0.75 |
| 2018 | 420 | 43.37 | 0.69 | 47,633 | 46.50 | 0.65 | 340,408 | 55.87 | 0.79 |
| 2017 | 423 | 43.66 | 0.78 | 45,382 | 44.66 | 0.70 | 312,784 | 51.72 | 0.81 |
| 2016 | 88 | 9.03 | 0.61 | 13,785 | 13.57 | 0.71 | 92,229 | 15.29 | 0.80 |
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Lydney Compared to Nearby Small Towns
12 Months Ending Jan 2026
| Small Town | Total Crimes | Crime Rate | Rate Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cinderford | 521 | 54.96 | 29% more dangerous |
| Yate | 1,994 | 74.13 | 74% more dangerous |
| Patchway | 1,157 | 60.86 | 43% more dangerous |
| Coleford | 438 | 42.22 | 0.73% safer |
| Quedgeley | 1,313 | 49.98 | 18% more dangerous |
| Cirencester | 1,105 | 44.19 | 3.9% more dangerous |
| Thornbury | 903 | 55.36 | 30% more dangerous |
| Tewkesbury | 607 | 44.74 | 5% more dangerous |
| Lydney | 511 | 42.53 | - |
| Stoke Gifford | 1,041 | 55.87 | 31% more dangerous |
| Emersons Green | 1,171 | 55.30 | 30% more dangerous |
| Stonehouse | 402 | 41.85 | 1.6% safer |
| Dursley | 320 | 38.37 | 10% safer |
| Brockworth | 397 | 35.15 | 17% safer |
| West Dean | 358 | 34.17 | 20% safer |
| Winterbourne | 547 | 43.90 | 3.2% more dangerous |
| Bitton | 382 | 38.56 | 9% safer |
| Dodington | 315 | 37.56 | 12% safer |
| Cam | 274 | 28.49 | 33% safer |
| Downend and Bromley Heath | 513 | 38.91 | 9% safer |
| Bishop's Cleeve | 455 | 28.25 | 34% safer |
| Bradley Stoke | 996 | 37.09 | 13% safer |
Comparing Lydney to the UK's Major Cities
12 Months Ending Jan 2026
| City Name | Crime Rate | Rate Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Lydney | 42.53 | - |
| Cardiff | 79.55 | 87% more dangerous |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | 82.69 | 94% more dangerous |
| Sheffield | 84.09 | 98% more dangerous |
| Leicester | 97.87 | 130% more dangerous |
| Bristol | 104.64 | 146% more dangerous |
| Birmingham | 105.05 | 147% more dangerous |
| Liverpool | 106.48 | 150% more dangerous |
| Leeds | 107.10 | 152% more dangerous |
| Nottingham | 107.74 | 153% more dangerous |
| Westminster | 125.00 | 194% more dangerous |
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Offences In and Around Lydney's Parks & Leisure Spaces
Limited to spaces in Lydney that are named and have had crimes recorded within their boundaries in the 12 months to Jan 2026.
| Name | ASB | Drugs | Public Order | Robbery | VSO | All Others |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bathurst Park | 2 | - | 1 | - | 10 | 3 |
| Lydney Recreation Trust Ground | 3 | - | 1 | - | 8 | 4 |
Recent Crimes in Lydney
The 20 most recent crime reports in Lydney.
| Date | Crime Type | Location | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Sports/Recreation Area | |
| January 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | On or near Gordon Sargent Close | |
| January 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | On or near Parking Area | |
| January 2026 | Burglary | On or near St Mary'S Square | |
| January 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | On or near Mount Pleasant | |
| January 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | On or near Gordon Sargent Close | |
| January 2026 | Drugs | On or near Shepherdine Close | |
| January 2026 | Other crime | On or near Parking Area | |
| January 2026 | Other crime | On or near Petrol Station | |
| January 2026 | Other crime | On or near Manor Road | |
| January 2026 | Other theft | On or near Cherry Walk | |
| January 2026 | Other theft | On or near Cherry Walk | |
| January 2026 | Shoplifting | On or near Petrol Station | |
| January 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Lakeside Gardens | |
| January 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Shepherdine Close | |
| January 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Mount Pleasant | |
| January 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Lakeside Gardens | |
| January 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Old Dam Road | |
| January 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Albert Street | |
| January 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Old Dam Road |
Methodology & Data Sources
Lydney Crime Report
Data Sources & Processing
Every month, CrimeRate processes crime reports from data.police.uk, the UK's official provider of open crime report data. Each crime report includes anonymised coordinates, most often "snapped" to the middle of the nearest street, or to the nearest major landmark. The reports also include the month and year the crime was reported, as well as the type of crime.
Data releases on data.police.uk happen once a month, with a two-month delay. This means that, for example, crimes reported in Lydney during June 2026 will typically become available in August 2026. The latest release is for Apr 2026 and was released in Jun 2026. To provide current and historical crime statistics, CrimeRate processed 61,669,232 crime reports for the latest release.
Lydney Data Points
For Lydney, CrimeRate uses the geographic boundaries provided by The Office for National Statistics in the December 2023 release of their Parishes and Non Civil Parished Areas dataset, using the PARNCP23CD column value E04004313.
Due to the 2021 Census being conducted during a UK-wide Coronavirus lockdown, the daytime population figures released so far cannot be relied on for purposes such as comparing crime rates. Instead, CrimeRate uses Lydney's daytime - or "workday" - population of 8,735 from the ONS 2011 Census for calculations throughout the site.
All geographic boundaries use the full resolution - extent of the realm versions where provided to avoid missing crime reports near coastlines and rivers - the banks of the Thames in particular - that would otherwise not be included when using the clipped to the coastline datasets.
Calculating Crime Rates
CrimeRate locates the UK region, county, and town/city/village locality for each crime report, and calculates the crime rate by taking the sum of all crime reports, dividing it by the locality's daytime / "workday" population, and multiplying the result by 1,000 to get the crime rate per 1,000.
Crime Risk Score Calculations
CrimeRate calculates crime counts for local, nearby, and wider areas for every postcode in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. The postcodes locations are deduplicated by a process that ensures distinct points are approximately 50 metres apart. This process removes the bias that would otherwise come from counting the same crimes several times in heavily populated areas.
Using a custom algorithm developed in-house, CrimeRate applies a crime severity weighting to each area's crime counts, based on the type of crime reported. This increases or decreases the crime count, or zeroes it out entirely, depending on the crime type. A separate crime severity rate is then calculated, standardised, and scaled to fit the crime risk score range of 1 to 1,000, with 1 being the lowest score, and 1,000 the highest.
Crime risk scores undergo further analysis per town, city, and village plus other areas including police forces and neighbourhoods. CrimeRate uses percentiles to work out the most common range of crime risk scores in each locality. This includes identifying the high and low bounds where approximately 68% of scores fall, and finding the median (50th percentile) for easy reference.
The crime types with a weight of zero are: Anti-Social Behaviour; Bicycle Theft; Other Crime; Other Theft; and Shoplifting. The highest weights to are assigned to Violence & Sexual Offences, and the lowest to Vehicle Crime.
Frequently Asked Questions
Crime in Lydney