Total Crime Rate
262.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Millennium Way area has the 4th highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Abbey , and the 5th 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 Millennium Way (GL7 1FJ) in the last 12 months was 262.0 per 1,000 residents and was 56.6% higher 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 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 266.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -83.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 46 (≈ 92.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 35.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 719.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Millennium Way (GL7 1FJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ormand Close, where police recorded 77 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Gardner Way (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Abbey| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parry Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Harmer Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Ormand Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Ormand Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Moss Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Millennium Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Harmer Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Millennium Way | Local resolution |
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