Crime Rates at Dowty Road, Cheltenham, GL51 7QB

Dowty Road area has the 14th highest crime rate of 48 local areas in Hesters Way , and the 77th highest crime rate of 397 local areas in Cheltenham .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Dowty Road (GL51 7QB) in the last 12 months was 133.6 per 1,000 residents and was 19.8% 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 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -54.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 44 (≈ 75.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 10.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dowty Road (GL51 7QB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Evington Road, where police recorded 50 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lechmere Road (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.