Total Crime Rate
1153.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
274.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Parabola Road area has the highest crime rate of 36 local areas in College , and the highest crime rate of 392 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 1153.2 per 1,000 residents and was 481.7% higher than the College average (198.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 66 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 274.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -37.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -19.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Parabola Road (GL50 3AF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 113 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Queens Lane (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
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