Total Crime Rate
163.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
106.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hilltop Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Kingswood , and the 80th highest crime rate of 873 local areas in South Gloucestershire .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Hilltop Road (BS16 4RN) in the last 12 months was 163.1 per 1,000 residents and was 35.1% higher than the Kingswood average (120.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 106.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 42.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 24.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hilltop Road (BS16 4RN), the main crime hotspot is near Crownleaze. Police recorded 31 crimes here, including 19 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In New Cheltenham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wesley Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wesley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lansdown Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wesley Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hilltop Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Northend Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Wesley Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wesley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nympsfield | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Chesham Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hilltop Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Crownleaze | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hilltop Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lansdown Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Verde Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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