Total Crime Rate
112.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Milton Avenue area has the 29th lowest crime rate of 65 local areas in Moreland , and the 134th highest crime rate of 412 local areas in Gloucester .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Milton Avenue (GL2 5AS) in the last 12 months was 112.9 per 1,000 residents and was 1.5% lower than the Moreland average (114.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 114.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 54.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 88.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 5.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Milton Avenue (GL2 5AS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Keats Avenue, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shelley Avenue (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Moreland| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shelley Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tennyson Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Keats Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Manu Marble Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Thornhill Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Thornhill Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Thornhill Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mansell Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mansell Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Thornhill Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Thornhill Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Manu Marble Way | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Podsmead Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shakespeare Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Podsmead Road | Under investigation |
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