Crime Rate in Dursley, ward

Dursley has the 5th highest crime rate of 27 wards in Stroud district and the 2707th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South West), it has the 185th highest crime rate of 821 wards.

The overall crime rate in Dursley in the last 12 months was 80.3 per 1,000 residents and was 20.8% higher than the Stroud district average (66.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Dursley’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 239 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -68.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 284 (≈ 37.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -8.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Dursley ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 70 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Shearing Close (27 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.