Total Crime Rate
72.5 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Alstone Lane area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 31 local areas in Lansdown , and the 171st highest crime rate of 397 local areas in Cheltenham .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Alstone Lane (GL51 8HY) in the last 12 months was 72.5 per 1,000 residents and was 47.5% lower than the Lansdown average (137.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 16 (β 33.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 23.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Alstone Lane (GL51 8HY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Grevil Road, where police recorded 25 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Pennsylvania Mews (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Lansdown| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Grevil Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lee Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clevedon Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Clevedon Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Dorset Avenue | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Grevil Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pennsylvania Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lee Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clevedon Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pennsylvania Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cornwall Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Brooklyn Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Cornwall Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Bedford Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Arle Drive | β |
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