Total Crime Rate

102.8 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 102.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 46.7 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.7 9/10
  • Other theft 18.7 9/10
  • Other crime 14.0 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.7 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Varsity Close area has the 6th highest crime rate of 39 local areas in Fosseridge , and the 35th highest crime rate of 312 local areas in Cotswold .

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 Varsity Close (GL56 0FA) in the last 12 months was 102.8 per 1,000 residents and was 104.0% higher than the Fosseridge average (50.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 46.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 42.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 238.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Varsity Close (GL56 0FA), the main crime hotspot is near Sunderland Road. Police recorded 12 crimes here, including 10 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Varsity Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (4/4)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kestrel Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Kestrel Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sunderland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Albemarle Close Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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