Total Crime Rate

478.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 478.3 10/10
  • Shoplifting 185.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 83.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 55.3 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 27.7 10/10
  • Other theft 23.7 10/10
  • Drugs 19.8 10/10
  • Public order 19.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.8 9/10
  • Other crime 15.8 10/10
  • Burglary 11.9 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 7.9 9/10
  • Robbery 7.9 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.0 6/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Westgate Street area has the 13th highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Moreland , and the 22nd highest crime rate of 412 local areas in Gloucester .

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 Westgate Street (GL1 2RN) in the last 12 months was 478.3 per 1,000 residents and was 317.4% higher than the Moreland average (114.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 47 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 ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -20.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 114.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 12.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Westgate Street (GL1 2RN), the main crime hotspot is near Lower Quay Street. Police recorded 82 crimes here, including 25 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Westgate Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (28/28)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clare Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Lower Quay Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lower Quay Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lower Quay Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lower Quay Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Public order Lower Quay Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Lower Quay Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Petrol Station Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lower Quay Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lower Quay Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lower Quay Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lower Quay Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Westgate Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Westgate Street —
Sep 2025Public order Westgate Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Westgate Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westgate Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Mount Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Clare Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clare Street —
Sep 2025Burglary Clare Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Castle Meads Way Under investigation
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Data Sources

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