Total Crime Rate

103.3 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

56.7 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 103.3 8/10
  • Violent crimes 56.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 43.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 20.0 8/10
  • Public order 13.3 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.0 7/10
  • Drugs 6.7 7/10
  • Other theft 6.7 6/10
  • Other crime 3.3 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Barley Close area has the 4th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Painswick and Upton , and the 40th highest crime rate of 377 local areas in Stroud .

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 Barley Close (GL2 4TE) in the last 12 months was 103.3 per 1,000 residents and was 226.3% higher than the Painswick and Upton average (31.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 30.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 56.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 21.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 19.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Barley Close (GL2 4TE), the main crime hotspot is near Elmgrove Estate. Police recorded 29 crimes here, including 15 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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