Total Crime Rate
90.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Avon Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 20 local areas in Oakley , and the 136th highest crime rate of 397 local areas in Cheltenham .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Avon Road (GL52 5PA) in the last 12 months was 90.6 per 1,000 residents and was 11.6% lower than the Oakley average (102.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 500.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 26.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 14.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Avon Road (GL52 5PA), 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 Oakley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Wessex Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Mersey Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Evenlode Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Evenlode Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Windrush Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Windrush Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Foxgrove Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | B4075 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Humber Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Whaddon Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Mersey Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Whaddon Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Whaddon Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | B4075 | — |
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