Total Crime Rate
250.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Boulmer Avenue Kingsway area has the 6th highest crime rate of 87 local areas in Grange , and the 56th 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 Boulmer Avenue Kingsway (GL2 2FX) in the last 12 months was 250.6 per 1,000 residents and was 129.9% 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 47 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 166.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 61 (≈ 137.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 22.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 9.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Boulmer Avenue Kingsway (GL2 2FX), 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 (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Grange| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Rudloe Drive Kingsway | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Snetterton Heath | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Boulmer Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Portreath Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Buchan Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Buchan Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Buchan Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Buchan Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Buchan Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Buchan Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Oakhanger Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Snetterton Heath | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Goose Bay Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Snetterton Heath | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Snetterton Heath | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Sealand Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sealand Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Matlaske Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Swannington Drive | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oakhanger Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oakhanger Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oakhanger Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Goose Bay Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Portreath Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wittering Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Silverstone Walk | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rudloe Drive Kingsway | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rudloe Drive Kingsway | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rudloe Drive Kingsway | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wendling Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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