Total Crime Rate

414.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 414.7 10/10
  • Shoplifting 156.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 80.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 75.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 28.4 10/10
  • Public order 28.4 10/10
  • Robbery 16.6 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 7.1 8/10
  • Other theft 7.1 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.1 6/10
  • Drugs 4.7 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.4 2/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • 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

Kingsway area has the 4th highest crime rate of 87 local areas in Grange , and the 29th 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 Kingsway (GL2 2AZ) in the last 12 months was 414.7 per 1,000 residents and was 280.6% higher than the Grange average (109.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 66 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 52 (≈ 123.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 135.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Kingsway (GL2 2AZ), the main crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 139 crimes here, including 31 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Kingsway area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Headley Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Stanbridge Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Stanbridge Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Headley Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Halton Way
Sep 2025Other crime Halton Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Headley Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Headley Court
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodvale Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Highliffe Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lyneham Drive
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shawbury Avenue
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Digby Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Digby Green Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation

Data Sources

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