Total Crime Rate

78.9 per 1,000 7/10 · High

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 78.9 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 31.9 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 26.9 8/10
  • Public order 8.4 7/10
  • Other theft 5.0 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.4 2/10
  • Drugs 1.7 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 1.7 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Willow Edge area has the 9th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Painswick and Upton , and the 93rd highest crime rate of 378 local areas in Stroud .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Willow Edge (GL2 4BJ) in the last 12 months was 78.9 per 1,000 residents and was 89.4% higher than the Painswick and Upton average (41.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -28.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 40.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -18.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Willow Edge (GL2 4BJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cranes Bill Mead, where police recorded 13 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hunts Grove Drive (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Willow Edge area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nuthatch Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nuthatch Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Lime Tree Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lime Tree Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lime Tree Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Acorn Way —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Acorn Way —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Oak View —
Sep 2025Burglary Niblett Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Hoskareslo Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hoskareslo Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hoskareslo Close —
Sep 2025Other theft Lime Tree Avenue Under investigation
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Data Sources

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