Crime Statistics for Barnwood, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, 2024

Crime statistics for Barnwood, Gloucester

There were a total of 381 street level crime incidents in Barnwood in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Barnwood, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime162
Anti Social Behaviour56
Other Theft34
Shoplifting29
Public Order22
Criminal Damage Arson17
Burglary16
Vehicle Crime13
Other Crime10
Drugs7
Bicycle Theft6
Robbery5
Theft From The Person2
Possession Of Weapons2
All Crime381

Map of street level crime incidents in January 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Barnwood. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

How grim is your Postcode?

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.



Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Barnwood

We've taken the ten nearest places to Barnwood and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Barnwood has more crime than other surrounding areas.

LocationCrime Incidents
Barnwood381
Coney Hill (0.62 miles)327
Longford (1.75 miles)315
St Paul’s (1.96 miles)284
Saintbridge (1.24 miles)208
Longlevens (1.24 miles)167
Abbeydale (1.39 miles)155
Matson (1.86 miles)108
Innsworth (1.96 miles)76
Churchdown (1.76 miles)65

9.16%
of Barnwood residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Barnwood?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Barnwood and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

LocationViolent Incidents
Barnwood162
Coney Hill138
St Paul’s127
Longford103
Saintbridge103
Longlevens97
Abbeydale82
Matson60
Innsworth46
Churchdown42

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Barnwood?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Barnwood to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Barnwood compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Barnwood and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Barnwood is ranked #8.

#WardScore
1Matson and Robinswood78
2Barton and Tredworth78
3Westgate76
4Coney Hill71
5Kingsholm and Wotton70
6Abbeydale53
7Elmbridge21
8Barnwood20
9Abbeymead10
10Hucclecote8
11Longlevens7

Which road in Barnwood has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Barnwood with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Church View Drive.

Last updated: January 2024
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