Total Crime Rate
242.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
108.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026The 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.
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