Total Crime Rate
59.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Marlborough Road area has the 42nd highest crime rate of 97 local areas in Abbeydale , and the 187th lowest crime rate of 412 local areas in Gloucester .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Marlborough Road (GL4 6GE) in the last 12 months was 59.6 per 1,000 residents and was 26.5% lower 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 29.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 148.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Marlborough Road (GL4 6GE), the main crime hotspot is near Diamond Jubilee Close. Police recorded 79 crimes here, including 51 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Abbeydale| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Salisbury Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Stonehenge Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Vicarage Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Adelaide Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Malmesbury Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Stonehenge Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Stonehenge Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Malmesbury Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Stonehenge Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Savernake Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Salisbury Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Salisbury Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Salisbury Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Salisbury Road | Under investigation |
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