Total Crime Rate
9.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Hill Road area has the 5th lowest crime rate of 28 local areas in Kingswood , and the 18th lowest crime rate of 378 local areas in Stroud .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Hill Road (GL12 7LW) in the last 12 months was 9.5 per 1,000 residents and was 79.6% lower than the Kingswood average (46.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
In the area around Hill Road (GL12 7LW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Wotton Crescent, where police recorded 16 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Turnpike Avenue (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Kingswood| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Water Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Turnpike Avenue | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wotton Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wortley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Pitman Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wotton Crescent | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wotton Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Turnpike Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Turnpike Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Locombe Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Jay'S Mead | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shepherd'S Leaze | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Water Lane | Under investigation |
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