Photo: Roger Cornfoot · CC BY-SA 2.0For its size, Mitcheldean has more crime per resident than 79% of UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people
Burglary, vehicle crime and damage is lower than in 54% of UK towns; violent crime, lower than in only 34%. Out of every 1,000 residents, 28.9 violent and sexual offences and 9.0 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage are reported annually.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Mitcheldean
More crime than many places its size
Of 550 UK towns of 2,000 to 3,000 people, Mitcheldean has the 413th lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Alveston, Belton and Bruton, higher than Brierley, Wychbold and Banwell. Towns its size ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
Mitcheldean: C+ for safety, and why
A fairly firm grade. Built on 198 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Mitcheldean against every UK town of 1,000 or more.
Per resident, against all UK towns; beside it, how it compares with towns its size.
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Violence & sexual offences sits below it.
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 19 | 8.8 | 16.6 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 8 | 3.7 | 5.3 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 4 | 1.8 | 1.6 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 4 | 1.8 | 1.5 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 3 | 1.4 | 0 |
| Public order | not graded | 3 | 1.4 | 2.4 |
| Other theft | not graded | 3 | 1.4 | 2.5 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 1 | 0.5 | 3.2 |
| Other crime | not graded | 1 | 0.5 | 1.1 |
| Drugs | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0.6 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robbery | Violent | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Theft from the person | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0 |
“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 1,000 to 2,500 people.
Mitcheldean places 413th of 550 towns its size, the least crime first
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richhill Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon | 2,738 | 6.2 | 2.8 | 3 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 46 | Stratton Gloucestershire | 2,558 | 9.7 | 6 | 2.4 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 234 | Yorkley and Whitecroft Gloucestershire | 2,678 | 21.2 | 4.8 | 2.2 | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 244 | Charfield Gloucestershire | 2,833 | 21 | 5.3 | 6.1 | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 268 | Longford Gloucestershire | 2,536 | 21.7 | 6.2 | 14.5 | B |
| … | ||||||
| 410 | Brierley South Yorkshire | 2,714 | 22.1 | 15.6 | 1.7 | C+ |
| 411 | Wychbold Worcestershire | 2,005 | 30.3 | 7.5 | 4 | C+ |
| 412 | Banwell Somerset | 2,178 | 27.2 | 10.6 | 3.4 | C+ |
| 413 | Mitcheldean Gloucestershire | 2,163 | 28.9 | 9 | 9.6 | C+ |
| 414 | West Wick Somerset | 2,425 | 31.8 | 6.2 | 4.4 | C+ |
| 415 | Wells-next-the-Sea Norfolk | 2,151 | 26.2 | 11.8 | 8.1 | C+ |
| 416 | Lostock Gralam Cheshire | 2,719 | 32.5 | 5.6 | 10.3 | C+ |
| … | ||||||
| 550 | Avonmouth Bristol | 2,643 | 82.9 | 54.6 | 60.4 | 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 Mitcheldean, and others in Gloucestershire.
Crime in Mitcheldean 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 3 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 Mitcheldean’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 10 collisions with injuries inside Mitcheldean in five years. 4 people were killed or seriously injured: 2 on foot and 0 on a bicycle.
Most UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people (94%) had no road deaths in these five years, and Mitcheldean is one of them.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Mitcheldean’s size at the median for UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people would see about 1 people killed or seriously injured in five years; Mitcheldean had 4.
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 Mitcheldean’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Mitcheldean
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitcheldean | 2,163 | 28.9 | 9 | C+ |
| Drybrook | 2,572 | 29 | 7.4 | C+ |
| Ruardean | 1,195 | 20.8 | 3.1 | B+ |
| Cinderford | 8,778 | 44.7 | 11.6 | C− |
| Huntley | 1,152 | 11.5 | 5 | A |
| Ruspidge | 2,431 | 24 | 7 | B− |
| Welsh Bicknor | 1,988 | 17.1 | 7.5 | B+ |
| Newnham | 1,054 | 16.1 | 9.8 | B+ |
Mitcheldean records more graded crime per resident than 6 of its 7 neighbours; only Cinderford records more. Drybrook, 1.4 miles away, records 29 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Mitcheldean’s 28.9.
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 Mitcheldean 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 Mitcheldean
Is Mitcheldean safe?
Police recorded 28.9 violent and sexual offences and 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 Mitcheldean’s built-up area). That earns a C+ for safety: less crime per resident than 39% of UK towns. Among 550 UK towns of 2,000 to 3,000 people, Mitcheldean is 413th from the least crime.
What is the most common crime in Mitcheldean?
Violence & sexual offences: 19 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came burglary (4) and vehicle crime (4), with 8 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Mitcheldean compare with Quedgeley and Hardwicke?
Quedgeley and Hardwicke records 32.8 violent and sexual offences and 7.4 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Mitcheldean’s 28.9 and 9, over the same three years.
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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