Total Crime Rate

33.1 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

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 33.1 3/10
  • Public order 6.2 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 6.2 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.1 2/10
  • Other theft 4.1 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.1 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.1 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.1 1/10
  • Drugs 2.1 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Valley Gardens Kingsway area has the 22nd lowest crime rate of 87 local areas in Grange , and the 114th lowest crime rate of 412 local areas in Gloucester .

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 Valley Gardens Kingsway (GL2 2BS) in the last 12 months was 33.1 per 1,000 residents and was 69.7% lower than the Grange average (109.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 16.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 577.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Valley Gardens Kingsway (GL2 2BS), the main crime hotspot is near Buchan Drive. Police recorded 51 crimes here, including 20 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Valley Gardens Kingsway area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Buchan Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Aldergrove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Aldergrove Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Buchan Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Buchan Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Buchan Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Buchan Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bodiam Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bodiam Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Buchan Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mount Pleasant Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mount Pleasant Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Mount Pleasant Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodvale Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Beverstone Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lyneham Drive
Sep 2025Other theft Holbeach Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Aldergrove Under investigation

Data Sources

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