Total Crime Rate
116.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Shakespeare Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 31 local areas in Lansdown , and the 98th 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 7HH) in the last 12 months was 116.4 per 1,000 residents and was 15.6% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 47.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Shakespeare Road (GL51 7HH), the main crime hotspot is near Wasley Road. Police recorded 57 crimes here, including 32 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Lansdown| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Wordsworth Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Sochi Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Edinburgh Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Edinburgh Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Edinburgh Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Edinburgh Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Edinburgh Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Yalta Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Evington Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Evington Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Yalta Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shelley Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Kipling Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Campden Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sochi Mews | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Goldsmith Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hamlet Close | — |
| 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 | Byron Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Byron Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Goldsmith Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Amberley Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hamlet Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shakespeare Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hamlet Close | Under investigation |
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