Total Crime Rate

88.8 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

43.0 per 1,000 7/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 88.8 7/10
  • Violent crimes 43.0 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 43.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.3 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.6 7/10
  • Burglary 5.7 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.7 5/10
  • Other theft 5.7 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.9 3/10
  • Other crime 2.9 2/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Gloucester Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 31 local areas in Lansdown , and the 98th highest crime rate of 392 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 Gloucester Road (GL51 7AA) in the last 12 months was 88.8 per 1,000 residents and was 18.1% lower than the Lansdown average (108.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Criminal damage and arson ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 43.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -34.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Gloucester Road (GL51 7AA), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 40 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 Gloucester Road area

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Data Sources

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