Total Crime Rate

82.6 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 82.6 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 41.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 18.4 5/10
  • Burglary 9.2 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.6 4/10
  • Other theft 4.6 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.6 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

West Market Place area has the 15th highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Abbey , and the 65th highest crime rate of 312 local areas in Cotswold .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around West Market Place (GL7 2AE) in the last 12 months was 82.6 per 1,000 residents and was 50.6% lower than the Abbey average (167.3 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 Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 18.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -60.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -4.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around West Market Place (GL7 2AE), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 85 crimes here, including 32 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in West Market Place area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Gosditch Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson North Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Brewery Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences West Market Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour West Market Place —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Castle Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Castle Street —
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Castle Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Castle Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Castle Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Castle Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Castle Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Castle Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Castle Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour West Way —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —

Data Sources

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