Total Crime Rate
58.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Grayling Close area has the 44th highest crime rate of 97 local areas in Abbeydale , and the 183rd lowest crime rate of 412 local areas in Gloucester .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Grayling Close (GL4 5ED) in the last 12 months was 58.5 per 1,000 residents and was 27.9% lower than the Abbeydale average (81.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 23.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Grayling Close (GL4 5ED), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Mead Road, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Buddleia Close (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Abbeydale| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Mead Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Tarlton Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Mead Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Mead Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Mead Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Mead Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mead Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Tarlton Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Farmington Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Blackberry Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Blackberry Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cherrington Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ruspidge Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Buddleia Close | Under investigation |
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