Total Crime Rate

33.8 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 33.8 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 18.8 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.3 6/10
  • Other theft 3.8 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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 23rd lowest crime rate of 87 local areas in Grange , and the 116th 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 2DW) in the last 12 months was 33.8 per 1,000 residents and was 69.0% 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 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -64.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 18.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -64.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Valley Gardens Kingsway (GL2 2DW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Buchan Drive, where police recorded 51 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rudloe Drive Kingsway (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Valley Gardens Kingsway area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rudloe Drive Kingsway Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Prestwick Road —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Buchan Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Boulmer Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Boulmer Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Rudloe Drive Kingsway Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Portreath Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wittering Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Prestwick Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Prestwick Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Buchan Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Leuchars Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leuchars Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lyneham Drive —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cerney Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rudloe Drive Kingsway —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rudloe Drive Kingsway Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rudloe Drive Kingsway Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Buchan Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Portreath Way —
Sep 2025Robbery Buchan Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Aldergrove Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Mount Pleasant Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mount Pleasant Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mount Pleasant Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Buchan Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wendling Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Aldergrove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Aldergrove Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Rudloe Drive Kingsway Under investigation

Data Sources

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