Total Crime Rate
128.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Cotteswold Road area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 97 local areas in Abbeydale , and the 117th highest crime rate of 412 local areas in Gloucester .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Cotteswold Road (GL4 6RH) in the last 12 months was 128.0 per 1,000 residents and was 57.8% 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 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 92.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -36.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cotteswold Road (GL4 6RH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near The Lampreys, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Saintbridge Place (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Abbeydale| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Norbury Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Badminton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Norbury Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Norbury Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Whiteway Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Saintbridge Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Aycote Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Norbury Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Whiteway Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Withy Mews | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Langley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Badminton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Badminton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Badminton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Lampreys | Under investigation |
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