Total Crime Rate
137.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Princess Elizabeth Way area has the 13th highest crime rate of 48 local areas in Hesters Way , and the 72nd 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 Princess Elizabeth Way (GL51 7PE) in the last 12 months was 137.1 per 1,000 residents and was 23.0% higher than the Hesters Way average (111.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 82.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 93.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 79.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Princess Elizabeth Way (GL51 7PE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 43 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Newdawn Place (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Hesters Way| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Riverview Way | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dormer Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lee Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lee Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Kingsmead Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingsmead Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Dormer Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dormer Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Frank Brookes Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pennsylvania Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Grevil Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Grevil Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Carter Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Carter Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pennsylvania Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Newdawn Place | Under investigation |
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