Total Crime Rate
93.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Church Lane area has the 30th highest crime rate of 97 local areas in Abbeydale , and the 162nd highest crime rate of 412 local areas in Gloucester .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Church Lane (GL4 3JB) in the last 12 months was 93.4 per 1,000 residents and was 15.1% higher than the Abbeydale average (81.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -83.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 66.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -29.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 232.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Church Lane (GL4 3JB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hammond Way, where police recorded 45 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St Lawrence Road (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Abbeydale| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | St Lawrence Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wotton Court | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Temple Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | St Lawrence Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Grovelands | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hammond Way | Under investigation |
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