Total Crime Rate
114.5 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Drybrook Walk area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 40 local areas in Battledown , and the 101st 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 Drybrook Walk (GL52 5FR) in the last 12 months was 114.5 per 1,000 residents and was 156.6% higher than the Battledown average (44.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 225.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 2 (β 12.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -5.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Drybrook Walk (GL52 5FR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Drybrook Walk, where police recorded 13 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Somme Road (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Battledown| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Somme Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Drybrook Walk | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Dymock Walk | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ladysmith Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Alvington Drive | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Drybrook Walk | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Drybrook Walk | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Drybrook Walk | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Salamanca Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Salamanca Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Imjin Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Yorkley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Yorkley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dymock Walk | Under investigation |
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