Total Crime Rate

455.2 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 455.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 131.0 10/10
  • Shoplifting 75.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 62.1 10/10
  • Public order 58.6 10/10
  • Burglary 24.1 10/10
  • Other theft 24.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 20.7 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 17.2 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 10.3 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 10.3 10/10
  • Robbery 10.3 9/10
  • Drugs 3.5 4/10
  • Other crime 3.5 4/10
  • Theft from the person 3.5 4/10
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

Highfield Place area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 97 local areas in Abbeydale , and the 24th highest crime rate of 412 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 Highfield Place (GL4 4PB) in the last 12 months was 455.2 per 1,000 residents and was 461.2% 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 38 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -87.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 61 (≈ 210.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 88.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Highfield Place (GL4 4PB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 62 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Fairford Way (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Highfield Place area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (21/21)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stonehenge Road —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Willow Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nut Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Nut Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Nut Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Nut Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Nut Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Malmesbury Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stonehenge Road —
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Stonehenge Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Stonehenge Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Malmesbury Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
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Data Sources

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