Total Crime Rate
228.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
120.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Farmhill Lane area has the highest crime rate of 35 local areas in Randwick, Whiteshill and Ruscombe , and the 7th highest crime rate of 377 local areas in Stroud .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Farmhill Lane (GL5 4BT) in the last 12 months was 228.6 per 1,000 residents and was 713.7% higher than the Randwick, Whiteshill and Ruscombe average (28.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Criminal damage and arson ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 120.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -47.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -3.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Farmhill Lane (GL5 4BT), the main crime hotspot is near Archway Gardens. Police recorded 30 crimes here, including 15 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
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