Total Crime Rate
1379.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Parabola Road area has the highest crime rate of 37 local areas in College , and the highest crime rate of 397 local areas in Cheltenham .
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 Parabola Road (GL50 3AF) in the last 12 months was 1379.0 per 1,000 residents and was 425.8% higher than the College average (262.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 67 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 50 (≈ 403.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 31.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Parabola Road (GL50 3AF), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 139 crimes here, including 34 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In College| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Malvern Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Queens Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Queens Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Queens Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Queens Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Lansdown Place Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Lansdown Place Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Lansdown Crescent Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Bayshill Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parabola Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Overton Park Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Overton Park Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Overton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Overton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Malvern Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Malvern Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Jessop Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Suspect charged as part of another case |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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