Total Crime Rate

133.1 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 133.1 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 43.2 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 18.0 4/10
  • Public order 14.4 8/10
  • Drugs 10.8 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.8 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 7.2 8/10
  • Other theft 7.2 6/10
  • Shoplifting 7.2 4/10
  • Burglary 3.6 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.6 3/10
  • Other crime 3.6 5/10
  • Robbery 3.6 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Shakespeare Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 31 local areas in Lansdown , and the 78th 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 Shakespeare Road (GL51 7HG) in the last 12 months was 133.1 per 1,000 residents and was 3.5% lower than the Lansdown average (137.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 36.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 40.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Shakespeare Road (GL51 7HG), the main crime hotspot is near Edinburgh Place. Police recorded 43 crimes here, including 20 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Shakespeare Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (18/18)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Shelley Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Amberley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Edinburgh Place —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Edinburgh Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kipling Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Edinburgh Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Goldsmith Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Amberley Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Amberley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Edinburgh Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Edinburgh Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shakespeare Road —
Sep 2025Burglary Goldsmith Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Campden Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Kingsley Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Milton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Byron Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Byron Road —
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Data Sources

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