Total Crime Rate

114.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 114.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 30.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 26.3 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.5 9/10
  • Public order 13.2 8/10
  • Other theft 8.8 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.8 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.4 7/10
  • Burglary 4.4 5/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Western Road area has the 17th highest crime rate of 37 local areas in College , and the 102nd highest crime rate of 397 local areas in Cheltenham .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Western Road (GL50 3RH) in the last 12 months was 114.0 per 1,000 residents and was 56.5% lower than the College average (262.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 500.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 39.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 350.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 458.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Western Road (GL50 3RH), the main crime hotspot is near Overton Road. Police recorded 42 crimes here, including 14 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Western Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (14/14)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Overton Park Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Malvern Road —
Sep 2025Other theft Millbrook Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Millbrook Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Overton Park Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Old Millbrook Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Old Millbrook Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Old Millbrook Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Overton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Malvern Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Malvern Road —
Sep 2025Other theft Overton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Great Western Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Great Western Terrace —
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Data Sources

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