Total Crime Rate

93.6 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 93.6 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 53.5 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.7 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.7 7/10
  • Burglary 8.0 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.4 5/10
  • Other crime 2.7 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.7 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Dinas Close area has the 4th highest crime rate of 33 local areas in Up Hatherley , and the 130th highest crime rate of 397 local areas in Cheltenham .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Dinas Close (GL51 3EP) in the last 12 months was 93.6 per 1,000 residents and was 141.1% higher than the Up Hatherley average (38.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 56.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 76.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dinas Close (GL51 3EP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ennerdale Road, where police recorded 25 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bala Road (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Dinas Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Caernarvon Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Caernarvon Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Caernarvon Close —
Sep 2025Public order Caernarvon Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dinas Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dinas Close —
Sep 2025Other crime Bala Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grasmere Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Alma Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Colwyn Drive Under investigation

Data Sources

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