Crime Rates at Boscombe Down Kingsway, Quedgeley, Gloucester, GL2 2FT

Boscombe Down Kingsway area has the 7th highest crime rate of 86 local areas in Grange , and the 52nd highest crime rate of 406 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 Boscombe Down Kingsway (GL2 2FT) in the last 12 months was 200.9 per 1,000 residents and was 144.2% higher than the Grange average (82.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Public order ( -55.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 43 (≈ 97.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Boscombe Down Kingsway (GL2 2FT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Goose Bay Drive, where police recorded 41 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.