Crime Rate in St Paul's, ward

St Paul's has the 2nd highest crime rate of 20 wards in Cheltenham district and the 310th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South West), it has the 20th highest crime rate of 821 wards.

The overall crime rate in St Paul's in the last 12 months was 196.9 per 1,000 residents and was 85.9% higher than the Cheltenham district average (105.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, St Paul's’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 359 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 4 cases , down -42.9% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 75.8% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -42.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 476 (≈ 77.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -1.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the St Paul's ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 178 crimes here, including 110 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.