Total Crime Rate
136.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Whitelands Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Abbey , and the 18th 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 Whitelands Road (GL7 1AJ) in the last 12 months was 136.9 per 1,000 residents and was 18.1% lower than the Abbey average (167.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft 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 29 (≈ 92.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 93.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -11.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Whitelands Road (GL7 1AJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 25 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Upper Churnside (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Abbey| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Saxon Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Fosse Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Golden Farm Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Upper Churnside | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Upper Churnside | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Upper Churnside | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Fosse Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fosse Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fosse Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen Anne'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Upper Churnside | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | London Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Abbots Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitelands Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Akeman Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Saxon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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