Crime Rates at Witcombe Cottages, Stroud, GL5 1UD

Witcombe Cottages area has the 11th highest crime rate of 35 local areas in Stroud Central , and the 26th highest crime rate of 377 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 Witcombe Cottages (GL5 1UD) in the last 12 months was 116.7 per 1,000 residents and was 57.5% lower than the Stroud Central average (274.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 33.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Witcombe Cottages (GL5 1UD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Little Mill Court, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lansdown (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.