Total Crime Rate
90.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Peter Pennell Close area has the 22nd lowest crime rate of 48 local areas in Hesters Way , and the 139th highest crime rate of 397 local areas in Cheltenham .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Peter Pennell Close (GL51 0QZ) in the last 12 months was 90.1 per 1,000 residents and was 19.2% lower than the Hesters Way average (111.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -57.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 18.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -19.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Peter Pennell Close (GL51 0QZ), the main crime hotspot is near Bodnam Road. Police recorded 29 crimes here, including 19 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Hesters Way| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bodnam Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cornmeadow Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Bodnam Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Brown Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Blake Croft | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Seabright Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Peter Pennell Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Peter Pennell Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Honeybourne Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Honeybourne Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Honeybourne Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gravney Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gravney Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gravney Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gravney Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Welch Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Welch Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Welch Road | Under investigation |
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