Total Crime Rate

93.4 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 93.4 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 27.1 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 24.1 6/10
  • Shoplifting 21.1 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.1 8/10
  • Public order 6.0 5/10
  • Other theft 3.0 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
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

Morwent Close 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 .

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 Morwent Close (GL4 5YJ) 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 Anti-social behaviour with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 30.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -18.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Morwent Close (GL4 5YJ), the main crime hotspot is near Mead Road. Police recorded 28 crimes here, including 7 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Morwent Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (10/10)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mead Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mead Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chestnut Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cherrington Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Trajan Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fosse Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mead Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mead Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mead Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Mead Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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