Total Crime Rate
148.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Hillview Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 40 local areas in Battledown , and the 66th highest crime rate of 397 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 Hillview Road (GL52 5AD) in the last 12 months was 148.9 per 1,000 residents and was 233.8% higher than the Battledown average (44.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 125.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 64.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 30.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 10.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hillview Road (GL52 5AD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near B4075, where police recorded 43 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Churn Avenue (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Battledown| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Humber Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Redmarley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Mersey Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Redmarley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Dymock Walk | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dymock Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Foxgrove Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Imjin Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Windrush Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Wessex Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | B4075 | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | B4075 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | B4075 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | B4075 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Windrush Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Mersey Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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