Crime and Safety in Gloucester
Last updated: 07 Jun 2026
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Gloucester is the most dangerous major town in Gloucestershire, and is the 63rd most dangerous overall out of Gloucestershire's 305 towns, villages, and cities. The overall crime rate in Gloucester in 2026 is 76 crimes per 1,000 people. This compares poorly to Gloucestershire's overall crime rate, coming in 54% higher than the Gloucestershire rate of 49 per 1,000 daytime population. For England, Wales, and Northern Ireland as a whole, Gloucester is the second safest major town, and the 3,421st safest location out of all towns, cities, and villages.
In January 2026, Gloucester was the worst major town in Gloucestershire for anti-social behaviour, with 267 crimes reported and a crime rate of 2.0 per 1,000 daytime population. January 2026 was also a bad month for Gloucester residents, when it was Gloucestershire's most dangerous major town for drugs, recording 27 crimes at a rate of 0.20 per 1,000 daytime population.
The most common crimes in Gloucester are violence and sexual offences, with 4,672 offences during 2026, giving a crime rate of 34. This is 24% lower than 2025's figure of 6,154 offences and a difference of 10.92 from 2025's crime rate of 45. Gloucester's least common crime is theft from the person, with 68 offences recorded in 2026, a decrease of 31% from 2025's figure of 98 crimes.
Gloucester 2026 Crime Scorecard
Most Dangerous
Major Towns, Gloucestershire
23% higher, regional crime rate
South West
4.9% higher, national crime rate
England, Wales & NI
Local Crime in Context
As of January 2026, the crime rate in Gloucester is 23% higher than the South West and 4.9% higher than the England, Wales & Northern Ireland overall figure.
Gloucester Crime Rate Over Time
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Gloucester Crime Map
Incidents mapped in Gloucester 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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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 Gloucester's crime statistics
This crime profile provides a detailed view of crime and safety around Gloucester up to January 2026, the most recent data release available. The crime figures and statistics have been calculated across each of Gloucester's 2,694 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.
CrimeRate Insights
Looking into a specific address in Gloucester? CrimeRate Insights reports convert raw numbers into practical insight for any location, from single addresses and postcodes, up to major towns and cities.
Crime rates don’t happen by themselves; they follow people and patterns. Where crowds gather - near pubs and late-night venues, around the station, by supermarkets and forecourts - incidents naturally concentrate.
That doesn’t mean an area is "bad"; it usually means footfall is higher.
Your report explores these factors in a calm, non-judgemental way, putting the numbers in context and helping you spot what’s typical for places like this.
Crime Risk Scores
Gloucester • 12 Months Ending January 2026
The typical five-minute walk within Gloucester has a crime risk score of 519. This is based on analysis of 2,694 nearby areas within Gloucester, with "most" referring to roughly two thirds of the nearby locations.
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 Gloucester's risk scores as, for example, robbery, or violence & sexual offences.
Within a five-minute walk of the typical location in Gloucester, crime risk scores are typically around 519, while in Gloucestershire they are average 453.
Areas within a ten-minute walk typically see crime risk scores of 613 (445 for Gloucestershire), and scores within a fifteen-minute walk are most often around 661 (Gloucestershire 428).
Trends in Crime Risk
Gloucester
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.
The 10-year trend indicates an increase of 40% in Gloucester'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 Gloucester's crime risk score is down by 9%. 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, Gloucester's crime risk score has shown a downward trend of approximately 6%, 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
Gloucester
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
Gloucester • 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 offences have a crime rate of 7.75 reports per 1,000 people in Gloucester, which is 1.74 times the national average. This figure is calculated from 1,052 crime reports logged by Gloucestershire Police during the 12-month period ending January 2026.
For the same period, Gloucestershire Police recorded 210 reports of Robbery in Gloucester, resulting in a crime rate of 1.54 reports per 1,000, and a CrimeRate Index of 1.73.
The crime rate for Shoplifting is 1.47 times the national average at 8.69 reports per 1,000. This is from 1,181 crime reports reported to Gloucestershire Police.
Most Significant 3-Year Increases in Crime Types
Gloucester
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.
Criminal Damage and Arson offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of - for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Criminal Damage and Arson CrimeRate Index was 1.08 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a near-complete decrease over this timeframe.
Most Significant 3-Year Decreases in Crime Types
Gloucester
Calculated with the same methodology as the largest increases section above.
Violence and Sexual Offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.02 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Violence and Sexual Offences CrimeRate Index was 1.56 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a near-complete decrease over this timeframe.
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 1.47 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a near-complete decrease over this timeframe.
Shoplifting offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.02 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Shoplifting CrimeRate Index was 1.42 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a near-complete decrease over this timeframe.
Crime Type Breakdown & Heat Map
Gloucester • 12 Months Ending January 2026
Size and colour reflect the CrimeRate Index figures for each type of crime.
Gloucester | Gloucestershire | South West | |||||||
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| Crime Type | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index |
| Anti-Social Behaviour | 2,456 | 18.08 | 1.53 | 12,776 | 11.54 | 0.82 | 82,030 | 12.62 | 0.89 |
| Bicycle Theft | 216 | 1.59 | 2.79 | 566 | 0.52 | 0.71 | 3,702 | 0.54 | 0.74 |
| Burglary | 379 | 2.77 | 1.16 | 2,777 | 2.50 | 0.80 | 15,750 | 2.42 | 0.77 |
| Criminal Damage and Arson | 710 | 5.22 | 1.09 | 4,341 | 3.92 | 0.62 | 36,459 | 5.64 | 0.90 |
| Drugs | 295 | 2.17 | 0.83 | 1,364 | 1.24 | 0.40 | 10,358 | 1.60 | 0.52 |
| Other Crime | 236 | 1.75 | 1.27 | 1,449 | 1.30 | 0.70 | 8,931 | 1.38 | 0.75 |
| Other Theft | 686 | 5.06 | 1.16 | 4,079 | 3.68 | 0.65 | 31,450 | 4.85 | 0.85 |
| Possession of Weapons | 141 | 1.05 | 1.46 | 528 | 0.47 | 0.55 | 3,967 | 0.62 | 0.73 |
| Public Order | 1,052 | 7.75 | 1.74 | 5,210 | 4.71 | 0.81 | 36,669 | 5.63 | 0.97 |
| Robbery | 210 | 1.54 | 1.73 | 689 | 0.59 | 0.50 | 4,567 | 0.70 | 0.59 |
| Shoplifting | 1,181 | 8.69 | 1.47 | 5,696 | 5.14 | 0.72 | 37,365 | 5.76 | 0.81 |
| Theft From the Person | 68 | 0.49 | 0.41 | 178 | 0.14 | 0.09 | 2,043 | 0.33 | 0.21 |
| Vehicle Crime | 416 | 3.06 | 0.94 | 2,409 | 2.17 | 0.50 | 16,666 | 2.56 | 0.60 |
| Violence and Sexual Offences | 4,672 | 34.36 | 1.13 | 25,193 | 22.75 | 0.75 | 189,257 | 29.13 | 0.96 |
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Total Crime by Year
Gloucester | Gloucestershire | South West | |||||||
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| Year | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index |
| 2026 | 10,262 | 75.50 | 1.20 | 54,479 | 49.13 | 0.68 | 397,184 | 61.16 | 0.85 |
| 2025 | 13,526 | 99.88 | 1.35 | 63,613 | 57.93 | 0.78 | 402,192 | 62.40 | 0.84 |
| 2024 | 14,257 | 106.55 | 1.41 | 67,182 | 61.87 | 0.82 | 357,420 | 55.92 | 0.74 |
| 2023 | 15,039 | 114.27 | 1.45 | 68,362 | 63.73 | 0.81 | 360,086 | 56.89 | 0.72 |
| 2022 | 12,269 | 94.25 | 1.23 | 58,356 | 55.10 | 0.72 | 351,958 | 56.19 | 0.73 |
| 2021 | 9,426 | 72.85 | 1.06 | 46,191 | 44.17 | 0.64 | 311,592 | 50.21 | 0.73 |
| 2020 | 11,393 | 88.54 | 1.19 | 52,543 | 50.65 | 0.68 | 343,342 | 55.68 | 0.75 |
| 2019 | 10,432 | 80.93 | 1.06 | 47,830 | 46.35 | 0.61 | 348,574 | 56.87 | 0.75 |
| 2018 | 9,507 | 73.36 | 1.03 | 47,633 | 46.50 | 0.65 | 340,408 | 55.87 | 0.79 |
| 2017 | 9,109 | 70.42 | 1.10 | 45,382 | 44.66 | 0.70 | 312,784 | 51.72 | 0.81 |
| 2016 | 2,668 | 20.66 | 1.08 | 13,785 | 13.57 | 0.71 | 92,229 | 15.29 | 0.80 |
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Gloucester Compared to Nearby Major Towns
12 Months Ending Jan 2026
| Major Town | Total Crimes | Crime Rate | Rate Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gloucester | 10,262 | 75.50 | - |
| Cheltenham | 5,985 | 56.74 | 25% safer |
Comparing Gloucester to the UK's Major Cities
12 Months Ending Jan 2026
| City Name | Crime Rate | Rate Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Gloucester | 75.50 | - |
| Cardiff | 79.55 | 5% more dangerous |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | 82.69 | 10% more dangerous |
| Sheffield | 84.09 | 11% more dangerous |
| Leicester | 97.87 | 30% more dangerous |
| Bristol | 104.64 | 39% more dangerous |
| Birmingham | 105.05 | 39% more dangerous |
| Liverpool | 106.48 | 41% more dangerous |
| Leeds | 107.10 | 42% more dangerous |
| Nottingham | 107.74 | 43% more dangerous |
| Westminster | 125.00 | 66% more dangerous |
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Offences In and Around Gloucester's Parks & Leisure Spaces
Limited to spaces in Gloucester that are named and have had crimes recorded within their boundaries in the 12 months to Jan 2026.
| Name | ASB | Drugs | Public Order | Robbery | VSO | All Others |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elmbridge Park | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | 0 |
| Hucclecote Green | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Chamwell Centre | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 0 |
| Earls Park Junior Play Area | 16 | - | 1 | - | 3 | 2 |
| St Lucy's Court | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 5 |
| Gloucester Park | 65 | 15 | 27 | 5 | 140 | 73 |
| Glevum Way Park | 22 | - | 7 | 1 | 18 | 98 |
| Lobley's Drive Park | 4 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 |
| Holmleigh Park | 13 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 10 |
| Robinswood Hill Country Park | 9 | - | 7 | 1 | 19 | 20 |
| Gloucester Ski Centre | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 |
| Plock Court Playing Field | 7 | - | 2 | - | 4 | 3 |
| Estcourt Close Allotments | 1 | - | - | - | 4 | 2 |
| Hillfield Rest Garden | 5 | - | 4 | 1 | 31 | 25 |
| Longlevens Allotments | - | - | - | - | 3 | 0 |
| Estcourt Gardens | 3 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| GL1 | 55 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 53 | 28 |
| Spa Field | 9 | 1 | 1 | - | 26 | 3 |
| St James Park | 14 | - | 6 | 1 | 25 | 32 |
| Scott Avenue Open Space | 6 | 3 | 3 | - | 16 | 4 |
| Sydenham Garden | 4 | 2 | 5 | - | 23 | 9 |
| White City Adventure Playground | 1 | - | - | - | 6 | 1 |
| Coney Hill Cemetery | 16 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 32 |
| Barnwood Park | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | 4 |
| Saintbridge Allotment Gardens | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 8 |
| Cotteswold Road Allotments | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 1 |
| Clock Tower Park | - | 1 | - | - | 10 | 6 |
| Saintbridge Sports Centre | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 |
| King George V Playing Field | 3 | - | 2 | - | 11 | 1 |
| Abbeydale Sports and Community Centre | 7 | - | 6 | 1 | 10 | 90 |
| Robert Raikes Allotments | - | - | 3 | - | 3 | 3 |
| Matson Park | 13 | 3 | 1 | - | 36 | 15 |
| Warehouse | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 12 |
| Archdeacon Meadow | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Recent Crimes in Gloucester
The 20 most recent crime reports in Gloucester.
| Date | Crime Type | Location | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | Drugs | On or near St Michael'S Square | |
| April 2026 | Shoplifting | On or near Supermarket | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Eastgate Street | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near B4072 | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Sandhurst Road | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near B4072 | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near B4072 | |
| March 2026 | Possession of weapons | On or near Penhill Road | |
| March 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Sweetbriar Street | |
| March 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Brunswick Square | |
| March 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Wheatstone Road | |
| March 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Belgrave Road | |
| February 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | On or near Sports/Recreation Area | |
| February 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Claremont Road | |
| February 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Saylittle Mews | |
| January 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | On or near Nettleton Road | |
| January 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | On or near Nettleton Road | |
| January 2026 | Bicycle theft | On or near Deans Row | |
| January 2026 | Public order | On or near Bloomfield Road | |
| January 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Tredworth Road |
Methodology & Data Sources
Gloucester Crime Report
Data Sources & Processing
Every month, CrimeRate processes crime reports from data.police.uk, the UK's official provider of open crime report data. Each crime report includes anonymised coordinates, most often "snapped" to the middle of the nearest street, or to the nearest major landmark. The reports also include the month and year the crime was reported, as well as the type of crime.
Data releases on data.police.uk happen once a month, with a two-month delay. This means that, for example, crimes reported in Gloucester during August 2026 will typically become available in October 2026. The latest release is for Apr 2026 and was released in Jun 2026. To provide current and historical crime statistics, CrimeRate processed 61,669,232 crime reports for the latest release.
Gloucester Data Points
For Gloucester, CrimeRate uses the geographic boundaries provided by The Office for National Statistics in the December 2023 release of their Parishes and Non Civil Parished Areas dataset, using the PARNCP23CD column value E43000067.
Due to the 2021 Census being conducted during a UK-wide Coronavirus lockdown, the daytime population figures released so far cannot be relied on for purposes such as comparing crime rates. Instead, CrimeRate uses Gloucester's daytime - or "workday" - population of 108,423 from the ONS 2011 Census for calculations throughout the site.
All geographic boundaries use the full resolution - extent of the realm versions where provided to avoid missing crime reports near coastlines and rivers - the banks of the Thames in particular - that would otherwise not be included when using the clipped to the coastline datasets.
Calculating Crime Rates
CrimeRate locates the UK region, county, and town/city/village locality for each crime report, and calculates the crime rate by taking the sum of all crime reports, dividing it by the locality's daytime / "workday" population, and multiplying the result by 1,000 to get the crime rate per 1,000.
Crime Risk Score Calculations
CrimeRate calculates crime counts for local, nearby, and wider areas for every postcode in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. The postcodes locations are deduplicated by a process that ensures distinct points are approximately 50 metres apart. This process removes the bias that would otherwise come from counting the same crimes several times in heavily populated areas.
Using a custom algorithm developed in-house, CrimeRate applies a crime severity weighting to each area's crime counts, based on the type of crime reported. This increases or decreases the crime count, or zeroes it out entirely, depending on the crime type. A separate crime severity rate is then calculated, standardised, and scaled to fit the crime risk score range of 1 to 1,000, with 1 being the lowest score, and 1,000 the highest.
Crime risk scores undergo further analysis per town, city, and village plus other areas including police forces and neighbourhoods. CrimeRate uses percentiles to work out the most common range of crime risk scores in each locality. This includes identifying the high and low bounds where approximately 68% of scores fall, and finding the median (50th percentile) for easy reference.
The crime types with a weight of zero are: Anti-Social Behaviour; Bicycle Theft; Other Crime; Other Theft; and Shoplifting. The highest weights to are assigned to Violence & Sexual Offences, and the lowest to Vehicle Crime.
Frequently Asked Questions
Crime in Gloucester