Photo: Pebble · CC BY-SA 2.0Compared with UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, Coleford has more crime per resident than 89% of them
Violent crime here is higher than in 88% of UK towns; burglary, vehicle crime and damage, higher than in 77%. Each year brought 43.6 violent and sexual offences and 13.9 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage for every 1,000 residents. Its letter for safety is D, worked out from crimes police recorded inside Coleford’s built-up area over September 2023 to August 2026: #44 of 48 in Gloucestershire.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Coleford
More crime than many places its size
Of 518 UK towns of 4,000 to 7,000 people, Coleford has the 455th lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Havercroft and Ryhill, Coleshill and Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, higher than Axminster, Moulton and Huthwaite. Towns its size ↓
Neighbourhood ranks
37% of Coleford’s residents live in a neighbourhood ranked in the highest-crime 20% of England (Indices of Deprivation 2025, crime domain), and 0% in the lowest-crime 30%. Neighbourhood ranks ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
The D for Coleford, and how it is built
A fairly firm grade. Built on 698 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Coleford against every UK town of 1,000 or more.
Per resident, against all UK towns; beside it, how it compares with towns its size.
Of 518 towns its size, Coleford is 455th from the least graded crime
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bailrigg Lancashire | 4,788 | 4.7 | 2.5 | 7.9 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 21 | Chalford Gloucestershire | 6,665 | 13.5 | 3.8 | 2.7 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 25 | Prestbury Gloucestershire | 4,078 | 10.9 | 6.8 | 3.9 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 54 | Fairford Gloucestershire | 4,240 | 14.3 | 6.4 | 4.4 | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 64 | Winchcombe Gloucestershire | 4,339 | 13.8 | 8 | 7.2 | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 452 | Axminster Devon | 6,094 | 44.8 | 12.4 | 12.5 | D |
| 453 | Moulton Northamptonshire | 4,953 | 41.7 | 15.6 | 7.7 | D |
| 454 | Huthwaite Nottinghamshire | 5,069 | 43.1 | 14.3 | 13.2 | D |
| 455 | Coleford Gloucestershire | 5,023 | 43.6 | 13.9 | 14.1 | D |
| 456 | Stanton Hill and Skegby Nottinghamshire | 4,568 | 39.9 | 18 | 11.1 | D |
| 457 | Upton West Yorkshire | 6,332 | 40.7 | 17.4 | 7.1 | D |
| 458 | St Ives Cornwall | 5,413 | 44.3 | 13.8 | 13.2 | D |
| … | ||||||
| 518 | Stainforth South Yorkshire | 5,999 | 72.5 | 49.7 | 14.4 | D− |
Safety letters rank against every UK town of 1,000 or more; the order here is context only.
Graded crime per 1,000 residents a year, September 2023 to August 2026, counting from the least: towns ranked near Coleford, and others in Gloucestershire.
37% of Coleford residents live in one of England’s highest-crime neighbourhoods
0% of residents live in the lowest-crime 30% of England’s neighbourhoods, and 37% in the highest-crime 20%. The crime domain scores the risk of violence, burglary, theft and criminal damage where people live, so it can read differently from the town-wide rate, which counts crimes where they happened.
Coleford’s residents by the crime decile of their neighbourhood (LSOA, about 1,500 people) in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (crime domain), where 1 is the highest-crime 10% of England’s neighbourhoods and 10 the lowest.
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Violence & sexual offences and criminal damage & arson sit below it.
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 69 | 13.7 | 22.4 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 41 | 8.2 | 8.8 |
| Other theft | not graded | 17 | 3.4 | 3.2 |
| Public order | not graded | 16 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 12 | 2.4 | 4.5 |
| Other crime | not graded | 9 | 1.8 | 1.5 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 7 | 1.4 | 1.9 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 6 | 1.2 | 1.8 |
| Drugs | not graded | 4 | 0.8 | 1 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 3 | 0.6 | 0.4 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 1 | 0.2 | 2 |
| Theft from the person | not graded | 1 | 0.2 | 0 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0.1 |
| Robbery | Violent | 0 | 0 | 0.2 |
“Violent” is police.uk’s violence and sexual offences (which includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury), robbery and possession of weapons. Anti-social behaviour isn’t a crime category; shoplifting and other theft happen mostly in shops and town centres rather than to residents, so neither counts in the grade.
September 2025 to August 2026, per 1,000 residents. The tick on each bar is the typical (median) town among UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
Police in Coleford identify a suspect more often than across UK towns
No suspect was identified for 59% of Coleford’s burglaries, vehicle crimes and criminal damage, against 69% across UK towns, and for 8% of violent and sexual offences against 19%. Most violent cases close as “unable to prosecute” (77% here), usually because the victim doesn’t support a prosecution. About 5% of violent and 4% of household crimes reached court.
The latest outcome police.uk shows for each crime recorded in the first of the three years (September 2023 to August 2024), so most cases have closed. 336 crimes.
Crime in Coleford per 1,000 residents
A crime isn’t a victim: one person can report several, and crimes in a town centre often involve visitors rather than residents.
And about 4 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 5 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
No one died in a collision on Coleford’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 18 collisions with injuries inside Coleford in five years. 6 people were killed or seriously injured: 3 on foot and 0 on a bicycle.
Most UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people (81%) had no road deaths in these five years, and Coleford is one of them.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Coleford’s size at the median for UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people would see about 4 people killed or seriously injured in five years; Coleford had 6.
Casualties are counted where the collision happened, not where people lived: a main road through town adds through-traffic, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Seriously injured uses the Department for Transport’s adjusted figures, which even out the police forces’ different ways of recording injuries. There’s no national rate here: more than half of road deaths in England and Wales (58%) happen outside every town’s built-up area. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), 2021–2025.
Collisions police recorded inside Coleford’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Coleford
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coleford | 5,023 | 43.6 | 13.9 | D |
| Broadwell and Coalway | 3,304 | 25.4 | 7.8 | B− |
| Berry Hill | 2,211 | 29.8 | 15.2 | C |
| Welsh Bicknor | 1,988 | 17.1 | 7.5 | B+ |
| Bream | 3,117 | 29.3 | 8.1 | C+ |
| Monmouth | 10,330 | 32.9 | 11.3 | C |
| Yorkley and Whitecroft | 2,678 | 21.2 | 4.8 | B+ |
| Ruspidge | 2,431 | 24 | 7 | B− |
Coleford records more graded crime per resident than every neighbour in the table. Broadwell and Coalway, 0.9 miles away, records 25.4 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Coleford’s 43.6.
Per 1,000 residents a year, the same three years. Tap a town for its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Some months are short. Gloucestershire Police published February 2026, March 2026, April 2026, May 2026, June 2026, July 2026 and August 2026 only in part or not at all. Those months are left out of the rates, which average the months that were published in full; the raw counts include what was published.
- Where crimes happen, not where victims live. police.uk places each crime at a point near where it happened. Town centres with shops, stations, a hospital and nightlife record more crime per resident, and residents of nearby villages who come in to shop or go out are part of that count.
- Bigger towns record more per resident. Across UK towns, recorded crime per resident rises steeply with size, more than in the U.S., so a city’s grade sits low against the whole UK. The “towns its size” figures show where Coleford sits among towns like it; they are context and don’t change the grade.
- Points are approximate. police.uk moves each point to the nearest of a set of anonymous map points, so crimes near the edge of the built-up area can fall either side of it.
Questions about safety in Coleford
Is Coleford safe?
Police recorded 43.6 violent and sexual offences and 13.9 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Coleford’s built-up area). That earns a D for safety: less crime per resident than 14% of UK towns. Among 518 UK towns of 4,000 to 7,000 people, Coleford is 455th from the least crime.
What is the most common crime in Coleford?
Violence & sexual offences: 69 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came other theft (17) and public order (16), with 41 reports of anti-social behaviour.
Sources: data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · MHCLG English Indices of Deprivation 2025, crime domain by LSOA (residents from ONS Census 2021) · Department for Transport road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions 2021–2025, points inside the built-up-area boundary · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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