Crime Rate in College, ward

College has the highest crime rate of 20 wards in Cheltenham district and the 159th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South West), it has the 12th highest crime rate of 821 wards.

The overall crime rate in College in the last 12 months was 262.3 per 1,000 residents and was 147.6% higher than the Cheltenham district average (105.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, College’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 571 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 11 cases , up 22.2% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 35.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -36.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 741 (≈ 110.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 1.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the College ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Bath Street, with 237 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Nightclub (121 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.