Crime Rates at Church Road, St Marks, Cheltenham, GL51 7AL

Church Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 31 local areas in Lansdown , and the 85th 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 Church Road (GL51 7AL) in the last 12 months was 126.1 per 1,000 residents and was 8.6% lower than the Lansdown average (137.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 155.6% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 68.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 140.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 45.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Church Road (GL51 7AL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lansdown Castle Drive (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.