Total Crime Rate
35.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
13.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bowling Green Road area has the 18th lowest crime rate of 45 local areas in Abbey , and the 143rd highest crime rate of 307 local areas in Cotswold .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Bowling Green Road (GL7 2EZ) in the last 12 months was 35.8 per 1,000 residents and was 78.8% lower than the Abbey average (168.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 13.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -37.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bowling Green Road (GL7 2EZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Priory Close, where police recorded 12 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near The Whiteway (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
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