Total Crime Rate
41.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Horsefair Street area has the 19th highest crime rate of 40 local areas in Battledown , and the 142nd lowest 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 8JS) in the last 12 months was 41.8 per 1,000 residents and was 6.3% lower 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 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 12.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Horsefair Street (GL53 8JS), 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.
View Crime In Battledown| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gladstone Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pumphreys Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cirencester Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Church Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Church Street | Suspect charged as part of another case |
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