Total Crime Rate

343.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

89.1 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 343.5 10/10
  • Shoplifting 106.9 9/10
  • Violent crimes 89.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 68.7 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 56.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 45.8 9/10
  • Other theft 20.4 10/10
  • Public order 15.3 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.7 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.6 7/10
  • Burglary 5.1 6/10
  • Robbery 5.1 7/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Eastern Avenue area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 96 local areas in Abbeydale , and the 25th 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 Eastern Avenue (GL4 3BU) in the last 12 months was 343.5 per 1,000 residents and was 450.9% higher than the Abbeydale average (62.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 42 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 20.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -48.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 89.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -27.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Eastern Avenue (GL4 3BU), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 85 crimes here, including 12 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Eastern Avenue area

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Data Sources

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