Total Crime Rate

200.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

109.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 200.7 9/10
  • Violent crimes 109.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 94.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 29.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.6 8/10
  • Burglary 11.0 9/10
  • Drugs 11.0 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.0 8/10
  • Other crime 7.3 8/10
  • Other theft 7.3 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.3 9/10
  • Public order 7.3 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Capel Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 96 local areas in Abbeydale , and the 53rd highest crime rate of 406 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 Capel Road (GL4 6JP) in the last 12 months was 200.7 per 1,000 residents and was 221.9% higher than the Abbeydale average (62.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 109.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Capel Road (GL4 6JP), the main crime hotspot is near Beacon Road. Police recorded 40 crimes here, including 22 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Capel Road area

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Data Sources

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