Crime Rate in Stroud Central, ward

Stroud Central has the highest crime rate of 27 wards in Stroud district and the 90th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South West), it has the 10th highest crime rate of 821 wards.

The overall crime rate in Stroud Central in the last 12 months was 326.8 per 1,000 residents and was 391.6% higher than the Stroud district average (66.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Stroud Central’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 276 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 7 cases , down -36.4% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 233.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -39.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 382 (≈ 114.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -0.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Stroud Central ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Shopping Area, with 163 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Supermarket (32 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.