Crime and Safety in Quedgeley
Last updated: 07 Jun 2026
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Quedgeley is among the top 10 safest small towns in Gloucestershire, and is the 114th safest overall out of Gloucestershire's 305 towns, villages, and cities. The overall crime rate in Quedgeley in 2026 is 50 crimes per 1,000 people. This compares poorly to Gloucestershire's overall crime rate, coming in 1.7% higher than the Gloucestershire rate of 49 per 1,000 daytime population. For England, Wales, and Northern Ireland as a whole, Quedgeley is the 29th safest small town, and the 1,215th safest location out of all towns, cities, and villages.
In September 2025, Quedgeley had the worst crime rate in Gloucestershire for theft from the person, with 2 crimes reported and a crime rate of 0.08 per 1,000 daytime population. January 2022 was also a bad month for Quedgeley residents, when it was Gloucestershire's most dangerous area for drugs, recording 19 crimes at a rate of 0.73 per 1,000 daytime population. Quedgeley recorded 8 reports of robbery during July 2022, making its crime rate of 0.31 the worst for robbery in Gloucestershire that month.
The most common crimes in Quedgeley are violence and sexual offences, with 682 offences during 2026, giving a crime rate of 26. This is 21% lower than 2025's figure of 868 offences and a difference of 7.08 from 2025's crime rate of 33. Quedgeley's least common crime is theft from the person, with 8 offences recorded in 2026, a decrease of 11% from 2025's figure of 9 crimes.
Quedgeley 2026 Crime Scorecard
Top 10 Safest
Small Towns, Gloucestershire
18% lower, regional crime rate
South West
31% lower, national crime rate
England, Wales & NI
Local Crime in Context
As of January 2026, the crime rate in Quedgeley is 18% lower than the South West and 31% lower than the England, Wales & Northern Ireland overall figure.
Quedgeley Crime Rate Over Time
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Quedgeley Crime Map
Incidents mapped in Quedgeley 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 on data.police.uk is typically updated once per month, and includes new data with a two-month delay.
Introduction to Quedgeley's crime statistics
This crime profile provides a detailed view of crime and safety around Quedgeley up to January 2026, the most recent data release available. The crime figures and statistics have been calculated across each of Quedgeley's 416 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
Quedgeley • 12 Months Ending January 2026
The typical five-minute walk within Quedgeley has a crime risk score of 486. This is based on analysis of 416 nearby areas within Quedgeley, 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 Quedgeley's risk scores as, for example, robbery, or violence & sexual offences.
Within a five-minute walk of the typical location in Quedgeley, crime risk scores are typically around 486, while in Gloucestershire they are average 453.
Areas within a ten-minute walk typically see crime risk scores of 582 (445 for Gloucestershire), and scores within a fifteen-minute walk are most often around 620 (Gloucestershire 428).
Trends in Crime Risk
Quedgeley
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 61% in Quedgeley'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.
The five-year trend may be static; no significant trend was identified in Quedgeley's crime risk scores during this timeframe.
Over the last year, Quedgeley's crime risk score has shown an upward trend of approximately 6%, indicating that the risk profile is going up. This is an extremely short time period for crime trend analysis, and caution should be exercised when interpreting this figure.
Crime Rates and Indexes
Quedgeley
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
Quedgeley • 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.
Robbery offences have a crime rate of 1.28 reports per 1,000 people in Quedgeley, which is 1.83 times the national average. This figure is calculated from 34 crime reports logged by Gloucestershire Police during the 12-month period ending January 2026.
For the same period, Gloucestershire Police recorded 24 reports of Possession of Weapons in Quedgeley, resulting in a crime rate of 0.91 reports per 1,000, and a CrimeRate Index of 1.78.
The crime rate for Violence and Sexual Offences is 1.01 times the national average at 26 reports per 1,000. This is from 682 crime reports reported to Gloucestershire Police.
Most Significant 3-Year Increases in Crime Types
Quedgeley
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.
Possession of Weapons offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of - for the month of March 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Possession of Weapons CrimeRate Index was 1.14 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a near-complete decrease over this timeframe.
Most Significant 3-Year Decreases in Crime Types
Quedgeley
Calculated with the same methodology as the largest increases section above.
Drugs offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of - for the month of March 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Drugs CrimeRate Index was 0.75 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a near-complete decrease over this timeframe.
Violence and Sexual Offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.02 for the month of March 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Violence and Sexual Offences CrimeRate Index was 1.08 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a near-complete decrease over this timeframe.
Crime Type Breakdown & Heat Map
Quedgeley • 12 Months Ending January 2026
Size and colour reflect the CrimeRate Index figures for each type of crime.
Quedgeley | Gloucestershire | South West | |||||||
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| Crime Type | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index |
| Anti-Social Behaviour | 317 | 12.05 | 1.11 | 12,776 | 11.54 | 0.82 | 82,030 | 12.62 | 0.89 |
| Bicycle Theft | 11 | 0.43 | 0.93 | 566 | 0.52 | 0.71 | 3,702 | 0.54 | 0.74 |
| Burglary | 28 | 1.07 | 0.45 | 2,777 | 2.50 | 0.80 | 15,750 | 2.42 | 0.77 |
| Criminal Damage and Arson | 102 | 3.87 | 0.81 | 4,341 | 3.92 | 0.62 | 36,459 | 5.64 | 0.90 |
| Drugs | 50 | 1.90 | 0.73 | 1,364 | 1.24 | 0.40 | 10,358 | 1.60 | 0.52 |
| Other Crime | 40 | 1.53 | 1.11 | 1,449 | 1.30 | 0.70 | 8,931 | 1.38 | 0.75 |
| Other Theft | 86 | 3.29 | 0.75 | 4,079 | 3.68 | 0.65 | 31,450 | 4.85 | 0.85 |
| Possession of Weapons | 24 | 0.91 | 1.78 | 528 | 0.47 | 0.55 | 3,967 | 0.62 | 0.73 |
| Public Order | 114 | 4.34 | 0.98 | 5,210 | 4.71 | 0.81 | 36,669 | 5.63 | 0.97 |
| Robbery | 34 | 1.28 | 1.83 | 689 | 0.59 | 0.50 | 4,567 | 0.70 | 0.59 |
| Shoplifting | 116 | 4.41 | 0.84 | 5,696 | 5.14 | 0.72 | 37,365 | 5.76 | 0.81 |
| Theft From the Person | 8 | 0.32 | 0.41 | 178 | 0.14 | 0.09 | 2,043 | 0.33 | 0.21 |
| Vehicle Crime | 18 | 0.68 | 0.27 | 2,409 | 2.17 | 0.50 | 16,666 | 2.56 | 0.60 |
| Violence and Sexual Offences | 682 | 25.95 | 1.01 | 25,193 | 22.75 | 0.75 | 189,257 | 29.13 | 0.96 |
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Total Crime by Year
Quedgeley | Gloucestershire | South West | |||||||
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| Year | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index |
| 2026 | 1,313 | 49.98 | 0.89 | 54,479 | 49.13 | 0.68 | 397,184 | 61.16 | 0.85 |
| 2025 | 1,530 | 58.14 | 0.82 | 63,613 | 57.93 | 0.78 | 402,192 | 62.40 | 0.84 |
| 2024 | 1,638 | 62.46 | 0.87 | 67,182 | 61.87 | 0.82 | 357,420 | 55.92 | 0.74 |
| 2023 | 1,814 | 69.72 | 0.91 | 68,362 | 63.73 | 0.81 | 360,086 | 56.89 | 0.72 |
| 2022 | 1,486 | 57.63 | 0.77 | 58,356 | 55.10 | 0.72 | 351,958 | 56.19 | 0.73 |
| 2021 | 1,186 | 45.95 | 0.69 | 46,191 | 44.17 | 0.64 | 311,592 | 50.21 | 0.73 |
| 2020 | 1,230 | 47.86 | 0.68 | 52,543 | 50.65 | 0.68 | 343,342 | 55.68 | 0.75 |
| 2019 | 1,010 | 39.87 | 0.55 | 47,830 | 46.35 | 0.61 | 348,574 | 56.87 | 0.75 |
| 2018 | 1,069 | 42.67 | 0.62 | 47,633 | 46.50 | 0.65 | 340,408 | 55.87 | 0.79 |
| 2017 | 936 | 37.77 | 0.62 | 45,382 | 44.66 | 0.70 | 312,784 | 51.72 | 0.81 |
| 2016 | 304 | 12.34 | 0.68 | 13,785 | 13.57 | 0.71 | 92,229 | 15.29 | 0.80 |
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Quedgeley Compared to Nearby Small Towns
12 Months Ending Jan 2026
| Small Town | Total Crimes | Crime Rate | Rate Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stroud | 1,281 | 76.95 | 54% more dangerous |
| Filton | 1,162 | 92.01 | 84% more dangerous |
| Cinderford | 521 | 54.96 | 10% more dangerous |
| Yate | 1,994 | 74.13 | 48% more dangerous |
| Patchway | 1,157 | 60.86 | 22% more dangerous |
| Coleford | 438 | 42.22 | 16% safer |
| Quedgeley | 1,313 | 49.98 | - |
| Cirencester | 1,105 | 44.19 | 12% safer |
| Thornbury | 903 | 55.36 | 11% more dangerous |
| Tewkesbury | 607 | 44.74 | 10% safer |
| Lydney | 511 | 42.53 | 15% safer |
| Stoke Gifford | 1,041 | 55.87 | 12% more dangerous |
| Stonehouse | 402 | 41.85 | 16% safer |
| Emersons Green | 1,171 | 55.30 | 11% more dangerous |
| Dursley | 320 | 38.37 | 23% safer |
| Brockworth | 397 | 35.15 | 30% safer |
| West Dean | 358 | 34.17 | 32% safer |
| Winterbourne | 547 | 43.90 | 12% safer |
| Bitton | 382 | 38.56 | 23% safer |
| Dodington | 315 | 37.56 | 25% safer |
| Cam | 274 | 28.49 | 43% safer |
| Downend and Bromley Heath | 513 | 38.91 | 22% safer |
| Bradley Stoke | 996 | 37.09 | 26% safer |
Comparing Quedgeley to the UK's Major Cities
12 Months Ending Jan 2026
| City Name | Crime Rate | Rate Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Quedgeley | 49.98 | - |
| Cardiff | 79.55 | 59% more dangerous |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | 82.69 | 65% more dangerous |
| Sheffield | 84.09 | 68% more dangerous |
| Leicester | 97.87 | 96% more dangerous |
| Bristol | 104.64 | 109% more dangerous |
| Birmingham | 105.05 | 110% more dangerous |
| Liverpool | 106.48 | 113% more dangerous |
| Leeds | 107.10 | 114% more dangerous |
| Nottingham | 107.74 | 116% more dangerous |
| Westminster | 125.00 | 150% more dangerous |
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Offences In and Around Quedgeley's Parks & Leisure Spaces
Limited to spaces in Quedgeley 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fieldcourt Drive Open Space | 11 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 29 | 9 |
| Quedgeley Local Nature Reserve | 3 | - | 1 | - | 3 | 0 |
| Waterwells Sports Centre | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 0 |
Recent Crimes in Quedgeley
The 20 most recent crime reports in Quedgeley.
| Date | Crime Type | Location | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Naas Lane | |
| February 2026 | Drugs | On or near Davy Way | |
| January 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | On or near Goose Bay Drive | |
| January 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | On or near Streamside | |
| January 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | On or near Snetterton Heath | |
| January 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | On or near Stafford Close | |
| January 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | On or near Mount Pleasant | |
| January 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | On or near Goose Bay Drive | |
| January 2026 | Other theft | On or near Ardea Close | |
| January 2026 | Public order | On or near Moorhen Court | |
| January 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Digby Green | |
| January 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Mount Pleasant | |
| January 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Streamside | |
| January 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Watermint Drive | |
| January 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Mendip Close | |
| January 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Shelduck Road | |
| January 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Streamside | |
| January 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Water Wheel Close | |
| January 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Digby Green | |
| January 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Mendip Close |
Methodology & Data Sources
Quedgeley 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 Quedgeley during June 2026 will typically become available in August 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.
Quedgeley Data Points
For Quedgeley, 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 E04004335.
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 Quedgeley's daytime - or "workday" - population of 15,744 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 Quedgeley