Crime Statistics for Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, 2024

There were a total of 555 street level crime incidents in Cheltenham in February 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 Cheltenham, 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 Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	162
Anti Social Behaviour	123
Public Order	47
Shoplifting	44
Other Theft	41
Criminal Damage Arson	41
Burglary	30
Vehicle Crime	20
Bicycle Theft	20
Drugs	12
Other Crime	7
Robbery	6
Theft From The Person	2
All Crime	555

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

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

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 Cheltenham

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Marle Hill (0.88 miles)	605
Pittville (0.88 miles)	605
Fairview (0.62 miles)	593
Cheltenham	555
St Peter’s (0.88 miles)	482
St Mark’s (1.24 miles)	270
Rowanfield (1.24 miles)	270
Alstone (0.62 miles)	267
Lansdown (0.88 miles)	172
Bournside (0.88 miles)	130

Where are the most violent places near Cheltenham?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Marle Hill	169
Pittville	169
Cheltenham	162
St Peter’s	157
Fairview	153
Alstone	98
St Mark’s	97
Rowanfield	97
Lansdown	41
Bournside	33

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

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 Cheltenham 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 Cheltenham compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Cheltenham and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Cheltenham is ranked #9.

#	Ward	Score
1	St Peter's	79
2	St Mark's	76
3	St Paul's	74
4	Pittville	70
5	All Saints	56
6	Lansdown	54
7	Oakley	52
8	College	35
9	Park	21
10	Warden Hill	20
11	Charlton Park	15

Which road in Cheltenham has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Cheltenham with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Sir Charles Irving Close.