Total Crime Rate
131.2 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Nouncells Cross area has the 14th highest crime rate of 35 local areas in Stroud Central , and the 37th highest crime rate of 378 local areas in Stroud .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Nouncells Cross (GL5 1PU) in the last 12 months was 131.2 per 1,000 residents and was 59.9% lower than the Stroud Central average (326.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Burglary with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (β 40.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 32.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Nouncells Cross (GL5 1PU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Middle Hill, where police recorded 29 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hollow Lane (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Stroud Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Trinity Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Chapel Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cotteswold Rise | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Middle Hill | β |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Clare Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hollow Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Horns Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Trinity Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Horns Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wood Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Horns Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cotteswold Rise | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Middle Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cotteswold Rise | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ben Grazebrooks Well | β |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Middle Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Middle Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Middle Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Middle Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
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