Gloucestershire Police Statistics

(Also known more formally as Gloucestershire Constabulary)

Last updated: 07 Jun 2026

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The crime rate in Gloucestershire Constabulary's force coverage area is 44 crimes per 1,000 people, for the 12-month period ending January 2026. The most commonly-reported crimes are violence and sexual offences, reported at a rate of roughly 20 reports per 1,000 daytime population.

Comparing the larger towns and cities under Gloucestershire Police's command using their respective Crime Risk Score - which considers the typical sentence length that convicted offenders receive for each type of crime when adding up the totals - the location with the highest score is Gloucester. The second most dangerous is Cheltenham.

Gloucestershire Constabulary Crime Map

Incidents mapped in Gloucestershire Police's service area represent the time frame between January 2016 and January 2026. Each point on the map represents an area where crimes have been recorded locally.

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Hover over a point to see a breakdown of crime types recorded at that location. You can also filter by individual crime types, or use a combinations of offences to visualise the data you need.

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Crime data status: caution advised

Gloucestershire Police are behind schedule with their crime data updates, and the most recent data on data.police.uk for Gloucestershire Police is for January 2026.

The most recent month for all other forces is April 2026. This affects all platforms, systems, and users that rely on data.police.uk.

We advise exercising caution with statistics for areas within Gloucestershire Police's boundaries, particularly if comparing against areas with more recent data, until Gloucestershire Police are back on schedule.

Crime data on data.police.uk is typically updated once per month, and includes new data with a two-month delay.

Introduction to Gloucestershire Police's crime statistics

 

This crime profile provides a detailed view of crime and safety around Gloucestershire Police up to January 2026, the most recent data release available. The crime figures and statistics have been calculated across each of Gloucestershire Police's 29,057 postcodes using three area sizes for comparison:

  • Within a Five-Minute Walk
  • Within a Ten-Minute Walk
  • Within a Fifteen-Minute Walk

Individual crime risk scores and index figures are for the 12-month period ending January 2026 unless otherwise stated.

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Crime Risk Scores

Gloucestershire Police • 12 Months Ending January 2026

 

The typical five-minute walk within Gloucestershire Police has a crime risk score of 400. This is based on analysis of 29,057 nearby areas within Gloucestershire Police, with "most" referring to roughly two thirds of the nearby locations.

Five Mins
400 crime risk score
Ten Mins
388 crime risk score
Fifteen Mins
376 crime risk score

Crime risk scores are on a scale of 1 to 1,000 and consider the severity of the crimes involved, as determined by sentencing guidelines. A score of 1 represents the lowest risk, and 1,000 the highest risk. This approach ensures that - unlike overall crime rate figures - bicycle theft is not given the same importance in Gloucestershire Police's risk scores as, for example, robbery, or violence & sexual offences.

Within a five-minute walk of the typical location in Gloucestershire Police, crime risk scores are typically around 400, while in National they are average 500.

Areas within a ten-minute walk typically see crime risk scores of 388 (500 for National), and scores within a fifteen-minute walk are most often around 376 (National 500).

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Trends in Crime Risk

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Calculated via Seasonal and Trend decomposition using Loess, the Seasonality Adjusted line represents the original data with seasonality subtracted, and the Trend line has been plotted unadjusted. Overall trend direction has been identified using the Mann-Kendall trend test, and rate calculated from the slope of the best-fit line identified from linear regression.

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The 10-year trend indicates an increase of 29% in Gloucestershire Police's crime risk score. This is potentially a strong signal of how the crime risk is evolving. Cross-referencing with major cultural events and Covid's impact during this time is advised.

Looking at the previous five years, the trend in Gloucestershire Police's crime risk score is down by 40%. While potentially a good indicator of the overall risk trend, analysis may offer further insight when combined with the checks mentioned above.

Over the last year, Gloucestershire Police's crime risk score has shown a downward trend of approximately 43%, indicating that the risk profile is going down. This is an extremely short time period for crime trend analysis, and caution should be exercised when interpreting this figure.

Crime Rates and Indexes

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The CrimeRate Index shows how crime rates compare against the national average.

1.0 equals the average
2.0 is double
3.0 triple
0.5 is half and
0.25 a quarter.

Highest Crime Rates

Gloucestershire Police • 12 Months Ending January 2026

 

Excluding other crime and other theft because their geographic location is often not relevant, anti-social behaviour as its definition is too wide, and bicycle theft for its specificity.

Public Order
0.80 CrimeRate Index
Burglary
0.71 CrimeRate Index
Shoplifting
0.70 CrimeRate Index

Public Order offences have a crime rate of 3.85 reports per 1,000 people in Gloucestershire Police, which is 0.80 times the national average. This figure is calculated from 2,920 crime reports logged by Gloucestershire Police during the 12-month period ending January 2026.

For the same period, Gloucestershire Police recorded 1,690 reports of Burglary in Gloucestershire Police, resulting in a crime rate of 2.22 reports per 1,000, and a CrimeRate Index of 0.71.

The crime rate for Shoplifting is 0.70 times the national average at 4.55 reports per 1,000. This is from 3,441 crime reports reported to Gloucestershire Police.

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Most Significant 3-Year Increases in Crime Types

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Excluding other crime and other theft, anti-social behaviour, and bicycle theft, and calculated with the same STL method described in Trends in Crime Risk, using CrimeRate Index figures to identify crime types that are trending above or below the national average, and the analysis timeframe limited to the last three years.

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Robbery offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of - for the month of April 2026.

Three years ago, the monthly Robbery CrimeRate Index was 0.44 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a near-complete decrease over this timeframe.

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Vehicle Crime offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of - for the month of April 2026.

Three years ago, the monthly Vehicle Crime CrimeRate Index was 0.57 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a near-complete decrease over this timeframe.

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Shoplifting offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.02 for the month of April 2026.

Three years ago, the monthly Shoplifting CrimeRate Index was 0.84 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a near-complete decrease over this timeframe.

Most Significant 3-Year Decreases in Crime Types

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Calculated with the same methodology as the largest increases section above.

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Public Order offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of - for the month of April 2026.

Three years ago, the monthly Public Order CrimeRate Index was 0.94 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a near-complete decrease over this timeframe.

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Violence and Sexual Offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.01 for the month of April 2026.

Three years ago, the monthly Violence and Sexual Offences CrimeRate Index was 0.91 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a near-complete decrease over this timeframe.

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Drugs offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of - for the month of April 2026.

Three years ago, the monthly Drugs CrimeRate Index was 0.57 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a near-complete decrease over this timeframe.

Crime Type Breakdown & Heat Map

Gloucestershire Police • 12 Months Ending January 2026

 

Size and colour reflect the CrimeRate Index figures for each type of crime.

 
Gloucestershire Police
National
Crime TypeCountRateIndexCountRateIndex
Anti-Social Behaviour9,52712.550.89941,22414.131.00
Bicycle Theft4700.631.1148,4490.731.00
Burglary1,6902.220.71208,6123.131.00
Criminal Damage and Arson2,7793.660.69418,6516.281.00
Drugs8681.150.41205,2143.091.00
Other Crime1,0241.340.79124,2301.851.00
Other Theft2,5603.360.59378,1465.691.00
Possession of Weapons3810.490.6256,6200.851.00
Public Order2,9203.850.80386,2975.801.00
Robbery4360.580.6578,3861.181.00
Shoplifting3,4414.550.70475,0257.131.00
Theft From the Person1480.200.15103,5051.551.00
Vehicle Crime1,5872.090.58287,0684.301.00
Violence and Sexual Offences15,46120.360.672,024,72230.401.00
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Total Crime by Year

 
Gloucestershire Police
National
YearCountRateIndexCountRateIndex
202633,76544.480.664,794,92571.981.00
202544,21158.700.794,892,73474.031.00
202449,33966.130.884,937,62075.431.00
202351,63370.080.895,115,76379.011.00
202242,45258.320.764,922,64576.811.00
202132,15044.680.654,369,81168.571.00
202037,54352.560.714,707,68374.161.00
201933,44046.880.614,824,37076.251.00
201833,05346.700.664,484,15171.121.00
201731,63145.030.704,011,47063.941.00
20169,31413.320.701,195,22119.071.00
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Gloucestershire Police: Major Towns & Cities Compared

Town / CityCrime CountCrime RateCrimeRate Index
Stroud1,28176.951.38
Gloucester10,26275.501.20
Cheltenham5,98556.740.90
Cinderford52154.961.13
Quedgeley1,31349.980.89
Tewkesbury60744.740.84
Cirencester1,10544.190.84
Lydney51142.530.83
Coleford43842.220.89
Stonehouse40241.850.82
Dursley32038.370.79
Brockworth39735.150.75
West Dean35834.170.75
Cam27428.490.63
Bishop's Cleeve45528.250.56
Churchdown33326.680.57
Charlton Kings27320.990.42
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Gloucestershire Police Stations

Police Station NamePolice Station AddressDescription & Opening Hours
Cheltenham
Princess Elizabeth Way, Hester's Way, Cheltenham, GL51 7SG

Opening hours Monday - Saturday 08:00 am - 8:00 pm Due to operational reasons there may be occasion this office is not open.

Cirencester
The Forum, Cirencester, Gloucester, GL7 2QY

Opening hours are Monday - Saturday 08:00 am - 8:00 pm For operational reasons there may be occasions this office is closed. Please contact 101

Forest of Dean
Gloucester Road, Coleford, GL16 8BQ

Opening hours are Monday - Saturday 08:00 am - 8:00 pm For operational reasons there may be occasions this office is closed. Please contact your nearest station or call 101

Gloucester
Bearland, Longsmith Street, Gloucester, GL1 2JP

Opening hours are Monday - Saturday 08:00 am - 8:00 pm For operational reasons there may be occasions this office is closed. Please contact your nearest station or call 101

Stow-on-the-Wold
The Square, Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucester, GL54 1AB

This station is currently closed; your nearest station is Cirencester. If you are deaf or hard of hearing you can use our textphone service on 18001 101. You can contact us via www.gloucestershire.police.uk

Stroud
The Cross, Parliament Street, Stroud, Gloucester, GL5 1QQ

Opening hours are Monday - Saturday 08:00 am - 8:00 pm For operational reasons there may be occasions this office is closed. Please see your nearest Police Station or call 101

Tewkesbury
Tewkesbury Council Offices, Gloucester Road, Tewkesbury, GL20 5TT

Normal opening times: Currently we are open Wednesday - Thursday 8:30 am - 4:30 pm You can call 101 or you can contact us online. If this office is closed, your nearest Police Station is Hester's Way Police Station, Cheltenham, GL51 7SJ If you are deaf or hard of hearing you can use our textphone service on 18001 101.