Total Crime Rate
112.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Tamar Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 20 local areas in Oakley , and the 106th 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 Tamar Road (GL52 5QB) in the last 12 months was 112.9 per 1,000 residents and was 10.1% higher than the Oakley average (102.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 55.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 31.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -11.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Tamar Road (GL52 5QB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Whaddon Road, where police recorded 47 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lynworth Place (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Oakley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | B4075 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Robins Close | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | B4075 | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | B4075 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Mendip Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mendip Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lynworth Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hayes Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Evenlode Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | B4075 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Whaddon Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Whaddon Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Whaddon Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Whaddon Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Whaddon Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Robins Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Evenlode Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Robins Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Mersey Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Robins Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Windrush Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Whaddon Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Windrush Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Mersey Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Humber Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Whaddon Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Whaddon Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Robins Close | Under investigation |
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