Total Crime Rate

80.5 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

38.1 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 80.5 7/10
  • Violent crimes 38.1 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 29.7 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.2 8/10
  • Other crime 8.5 9/10
  • Other theft 8.5 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 8.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.2 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Melick Close area has the 29th highest crime rate of 96 local areas in Abbeydale , and the 139th highest crime rate of 406 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 Melick Close (GL4 6SL) in the last 12 months was 80.5 per 1,000 residents and was 29.1% 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 25.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 38.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Melick Close (GL4 6SL), the main crime hotspot is near Jenkinson Close. Police recorded 71 crimes here, including 42 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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