Crime Rate in Kingswood, ward

Kingswood has the 10th lowest crime rate of 27 wards in Stroud district and the 2267th lowest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South West), it has the 321st lowest crime rate of 821 wards.

The overall crime rate in Kingswood in the last 12 months was 46.7 per 1,000 residents and was 29.8% lower than the Stroud district average (66.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Kingswood’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 48 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -16.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 54 (≈ 20.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 31.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Kingswood ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Hawkesbury Road, with 14 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Vineyard Lane (6 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.