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Overview of Gloucester crime rate

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Gloucester tops the list with a high crime rating, leading as 1st among 25 neighbouring boroughs for crime rates. The area saw 18,639 reported crimes in 2023, against a population of 132,416, resulting in a crime rate of 140.76 per 1,000 residents, a 5.76% drop from the previous year.

Gloucester’s most reported crimes are Violence and sexual offences (40.2%), Anti-social behaviour (15.4%), and Public order (9.9%). The least frequent crimes include Robbery (0.9%), Possession of weapons (0.8%), and Theft from the person (0.6%).

Among Gloucester’s 18 wards, Westgate (Gloucester) (544.3), Kingsholm and Wotton (228.0), and Barton and Tredworth (184.2) report the highest crime rates. The safest wards are Abbeymead (34.6), Quedgeley Severn Vale (33.5), and Longlevens (33.4).

Postcode districts within or overlapping Gloucester show GL1 (271.2) and GL4 (102.5) with the highest crime rates, while GL19 (33.3) ranks as the safest, followed by GL3 (63.5) and another listing of GL2 (73.3) as both high and safe due to its large area.

In Gloucester, there was a significant increase in Anti-social behaviour in 2020, followed by notable increases in Burglary, Other theft, Public order, Shoplifting, and Violence and sexual offences through 2022. However, there was a dramatic decrease in anti-social behaviour in 2021 and 2022, alongside declines in burglary, criminal damage and arson, other theft in 2020, public order offences in 2023, shoplifting in 2020, vehicle crime in 2020, and a decrease in violence and sexual offences in 2023, showing a dynamic change in crime trends over the period.

Gloucester crime incidents by crime type

A total of 18639 crime incidents were reported in 2023. Below is the breakdown by crime type.

Violence and sexual offences – 7497 (40.2)%
Anti-social behaviour – 2868 (15.4)%
Public order – 1842 (9.9)%
Shoplifting – 1526 (8.2)%
Other theft – 1138 (6.1)%
Criminal damage and arson – 1091 (5.9)%
Burglary – 632 (3.4)%
Vehicle crime – 485 (2.6)%
Other crime – 479 (2.6)%
Drugs – 421 (2.3)%
Bicycle theft – 236 (1.3)%
Robbery – 172 (0.9)%
Possession of weapons – 142 (0.8)%
Theft from the person – 110 (0.6)%

How does Gloucester compare against nearby areas ?

Gloucester ranks 1st when compared against 25 nearby boroughs/local administrative districts.

List of nearby boroughs/local administrative districts from high crime rate to low (2023):

Heat map for all nearby areas Gloucester is compared against

Crime rates in Gloucester wards

There are 18 wards within Gloucester. Westgate (Gloucester), Kingsholm and Wotton, Barton and Tredworth has highest crime rate (crime per 1000 residents). Below map shows 2023 crime rates broken down by crime types.

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List of all 18 wards from high crime rate to low.