Total Crime Rate

125.0 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 125.0 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 39.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 17.9 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.3 6/10
  • Public order 14.3 8/10
  • Burglary 10.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.7 7/10
  • Drugs 10.7 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.6 5/10
  • Robbery 3.6 5/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Cumberland Crescent area has the 11th highest crime rate of 31 local areas in Lansdown , and the 86th 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 Cumberland Crescent (GL51 8AL) in the last 12 months was 125.0 per 1,000 residents and was 9.4% lower than the Lansdown average (137.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 35.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 32.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cumberland Crescent (GL51 8AL), the main crime hotspot is near School Mead. Police recorded 32 crimes here, including 14 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Cumberland Crescent area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (20/20)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dorset Avenue —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Clevedon Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ashtree Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Ashtree Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences School Mead Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order School Mead Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour School Mead —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cornwall Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cornwall Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Bedford Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clevedon Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clevedon Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cambridge Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Roman Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Parkbury Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Roman Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Libertus Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Essex Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grimwade Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grimwade Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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