Total Crime Rate

128.0 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 128.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 62.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 26.8 8/10
  • Public order 17.9 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 11.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.0 2/10
  • Drugs 3.0 2/10
  • Other theft 3.0 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Cotteswold 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.

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Crime Over Time in Cotteswold Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Norbury Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Badminton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Norbury Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Norbury Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Whiteway Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Saintbridge Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Aycote Close
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Norbury Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whiteway Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Withy Mews
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Langley Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Badminton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Badminton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Badminton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Lampreys Under investigation

Data Sources

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