Total Crime Rate
123.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
29.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Gloucester Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Benhall, the Reddings & Fiddler's Green , and the 62nd 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 7AT) in the last 12 months was 123.2 per 1,000 residents and was 117.5% higher than the Benhall, the Reddings & Fiddler's Green average (56.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Shoplifting ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 29.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -78.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Gloucester Road (GL51 7AT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 25 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lansdown Castle Drive (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
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