Total Crime Rate

883.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

188.9 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 883.3 10/10
  • Shoplifting 377.8 10/10
  • Violent crimes 188.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 138.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 116.7 10/10
  • Other theft 66.7 10/10
  • Public order 50.0 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 38.9 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 27.8 10/10
  • Burglary 22.2 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.7 9/10
  • Robbery 16.7 10/10
  • Drugs 5.6 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.6 8/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Gloucester Road area has the highest crime rate of 31 local areas in Lansdown , and the 3rd highest crime rate of 392 local areas in Cheltenham .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Gloucester Road (GL51 8DW) in the last 12 months was 883.3 per 1,000 residents and was 714.5% higher than the Lansdown average (108.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 68 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 9.1% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -46.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 188.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -19.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Gloucester Road (GL51 8DW), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 210 crimes here, including 34 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Gloucester Road area

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Data Sources

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