Total Crime Rate
3.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
3.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026The Orchards area has the lowest crime rate of 41 local areas in Battledown , and the 2nd lowest crime rate of 392 local areas in Cheltenham .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around The Orchards (GL52 6BJ) in the last 12 months was 3.3 per 1,000 residents and was 90.5% lower than the Battledown average (34.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around The Orchards (GL52 6BJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Castlefields Road, where police recorded 4 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Castlefields Drive (3 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
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