Total Crime Rate

128.0 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 128.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 57.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 35.3 9/10
  • Other theft 8.8 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.4 4/10
  • Drugs 4.4 5/10
  • Public order 4.4 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.4 4/10
  • Burglary 2.2 1/10
  • Other crime 2.2 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.2 1/10
  • Shoplifting 2.2 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

London Road area has the highest crime rate of 36 local areas in Grumbolds Ash with Avening , and the 21st highest crime rate of 312 local areas in Cotswold .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around London Road (GL8 8GW) in the last 12 months was 128.0 per 1,000 residents and was 133.4% higher than the Grumbolds Ash with Avening average (54.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -83.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 64.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 31.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 391.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around London Road (GL8 8GW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Northfield Close, where police recorded 15 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mercer Way (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

View Crime In Grumbolds Ash with Avening

Crime Over Time in London Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Northfield Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Braybrooke Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Northfield Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Havenhill Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hatter Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences De Borg Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mercer Way Under investigation
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Data Sources

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