Total Crime Rate
96.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
6.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Drybrook Walk area has the 4th highest crime rate of 41 local areas in Battledown , and the 92nd 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 Drybrook Walk (GL52 5FR) in the last 12 months was 96.4 per 1,000 residents and was 180.9% higher than the Battledown average (34.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 6.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 29.2% 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 12 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.
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