Total Crime Rate

242.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

108.9 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 242.6 10/10
  • Violent crimes 108.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 89.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 84.2 10/10
  • Public order 24.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 19.8 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 9.9 9/10
  • Burglary 9.9 8/10
  • Other theft 5.0 5/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

The Waterloo area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Abbey , and the 3rd highest crime rate of 307 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 The Waterloo (GL7 2QF) in the last 12 months was 242.6 per 1,000 residents and was 43.7% higher than the Abbey average (168.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Criminal damage and arson ( -42.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 108.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -26.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -7.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Waterloo (GL7 2QF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Dyer Street, where police recorded 68 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near The Waterloo (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in The Waterloo area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
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Data Sources

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