Total Crime Rate
1264.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Bath Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 37 local areas in College , and the 3rd 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 Bath Road (GL53 7HA) in the last 12 months was 1264.3 per 1,000 residents and was 382.0% higher than the College average (262.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 125 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -48.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 163 (≈ 582.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 58.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bath Road (GL53 7HA), the main crime hotspot is near Bath Street. Police recorded 237 crimes here, including 106 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In College| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Orrisdale Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Witcombe Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Belmore Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | College Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | College Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Grosvenor Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | County Court Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | County Court Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wellington Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Albion Walk | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Witcombe Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Albion Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | County Court Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Grosvenor Terrace | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Grosvenor Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Grosvenor Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Grosvenor Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Grosvenor Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Grosvenor Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | County Court Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | County Court Road | Under investigation |
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