Total Crime Rate
114.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Oakhanger Lane Kingsway area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 87 local areas in Grange , and the 132nd highest crime rate of 412 local areas in Gloucester .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Oakhanger Lane Kingsway (GL2 2FS) in the last 12 months was 114.9 per 1,000 residents and was 5.5% higher 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 69.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -6.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Oakhanger Lane Kingsway (GL2 2FS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Buchan Drive, where police recorded 51 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Goose Bay Drive (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Grange| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hixon Walk | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Boulmer Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Buchan Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Buchan Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Buchan Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Portreath Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sealand Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Sealand Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Oakhanger Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Goose Bay Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Goose Bay Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Goose Bay Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Boulmer Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Buchan Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Swannington Drive | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Silverstone Walk | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Lossiemouth Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Babdown Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Babdown Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Babdown Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wittering Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Snetterton Heath | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Snetterton Heath | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Snetterton Heath | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Snetterton Heath | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Buchan Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Portreath Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Buchan Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Southrop Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Southrop Road | Under investigation |
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