Total Crime Rate
323.9 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Kipling Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 48 local areas in Hesters Way , and the 21st 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 Kipling Road (GL51 7DL) in the last 12 months was 323.9 per 1,000 residents and was 190.4% higher than the Hesters Way average (111.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 180.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( 4.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 32 (β 181.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 105.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kipling Road (GL51 7DL), the main crime hotspot is near Monks Croft. Police recorded 81 crimes here, including 42 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 | Public order | Shelley Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Campden Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Kipling Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Edinburgh Place | β |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Edinburgh Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Edinburgh Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Edinburgh Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Edinburgh Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cowper Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Evington Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Pitman Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Pitman Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Pitman Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Wordsworth Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shakespeare Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Byron Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Byron Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Evington Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Kingsley Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Monks Croft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hamlet Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hamlet Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hamlet Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Goldsmith Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Monks Croft | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Goldsmith Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Amberley Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Amberley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Amberley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Monks Croft | β |
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