Crime Statistics for Matson, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, 2024

There were a total of 120 street level crime incidents in Matson 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 Matson, 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	49
Anti Social Behaviour	21
Public Order	10
Criminal Damage Arson	8
Other Theft	7
Vehicle Crime	6
Other Crime	6
Burglary	6
Possession Of Weapons	3
Shoplifting	2
Robbery	1
Drugs	1
All Crime	120

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 Matson. 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 Matson

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Barnwood (1.86 miles)	356
Coney Hill (1.24 miles)	325
Podsmead (1.86 miles)	324
St Paul’s (2.24 miles)	284
Tuffley (1.24 miles)	231
Lower Tuffley (1.96 miles)	216
Saintbridge (0.62 miles)	208
Abbeydale (0.88 miles)	164
Matson	120
Bondend (0.62 miles)	110

Where are the most violent places near Matson?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Barnwood	135
Coney Hill	134
St Paul’s	127
Podsmead	105
Saintbridge	103
Lower Tuffley	83
Abbeydale	74
Tuffley	62
Matson	49
Bondend	46

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

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 Matson 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 Matson compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Matson and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Residents in Matson have the highest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is Hucclecote.

#	Ward	Score
1	Matson and Robinswood	78
2	Coney Hill	71
3	Abbeydale	53
4	Podsmead	48
5	Tuffley	29
6	Brockworth West	23
7	Elmbridge	21
8	Barnwood	20
9	Painswick and Upton	14
10	Abbeymead	10
11	Hucclecote	8

Which road in Matson has the highest level of crime?

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