Total Crime Rate

77.3 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 77.3 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 46.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 20.6 5/10
  • Burglary 5.2 6/10
  • Public order 5.2 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Horsefair Street area has the 6th highest crime rate of 40 local areas in Battledown , and the 163rd highest crime rate of 397 local areas in Cheltenham .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Horsefair Street (GL53 8JR) in the last 12 months was 77.3 per 1,000 residents and was 73.4% higher than the Battledown average (44.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Public order ( -83.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 25.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 27.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Horsefair Street (GL53 8JR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cirencester Road, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Church Street (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Horsefair Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gladstone Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Church Street —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Church Street Suspect charged as part of another case
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Church Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cirencester Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pumphreys Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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