Total Crime Rate

228.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

120.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 228.6 10/10
  • Violent crimes 120.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 85.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 68.6 10/10
  • Public order 28.6 10/10
  • Drugs 17.1 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.4 8/10
  • Other crime 11.4 10/10
  • Robbery 5.7 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Mathews Way 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 Mathews Way (GL5 4DP) 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 Mathews Way (GL5 4DP), the main crime hotspot is near Jack Russell Close. Police recorded 32 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Data Sources

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