Total Crime Rate

122.7 per 1,000 8/10 Β· High

All offences Β· 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 122.7 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 55.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 30.7 7/10
  • Public order 18.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.3 8/10
  • Drugs 6.1 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Hereward Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Abbey , and the 27th 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 Hereward Road (GL7 2EQ) in the last 12 months was 122.7 per 1,000 residents and was 26.6% 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 Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -58.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (β‰ˆ 49.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hereward Road (GL7 2EQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 50 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Hereward Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Dollar Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pethera Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pethera Close β€”
Sep 2025Burglary Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour West Market Place β€”
Sep 2025Burglary Gosditch Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences West Market Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Priory Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Priory Close β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Thomas Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Coxwell Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Priory Close β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Priory Close β€”
Sep 2025Burglary Coxwell Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Priory Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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