Crime Statistics for Barnwood, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, 2024

There were a total of 356 street level crime incidents in Barnwood 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 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 Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	135
Anti Social Behaviour	46
Shoplifting	42
Other Theft	31
Public Order	27
Criminal Damage Arson	20
Drugs	12
Burglary	10
Other Crime	9
Bicycle Theft	8
Vehicle Crime	8
Theft From The Person	3
Robbery	3
Possession Of Weapons	2
All Crime	356

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 Barnwood. 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 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.

Location	Crime Incidents
Barnwood	356
Coney Hill (0.62 miles)	325
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)	164
Matson (1.86 miles)	108
Innsworth (1.96 miles)	55
Churchdown (1.76 miles)	48

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.

Location	Violent Incidents
Barnwood	135
Coney Hill	134
St Paul’s	127
Longford	103
Saintbridge	103
Longlevens	97
Abbeydale	74
Matson	60
Innsworth	28
Churchdown	23

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.

#	Ward	Score
1	Matson and Robinswood	78
2	Barton and Tredworth	78
3	Westgate	76
4	Coney Hill	71
5	Kingsholm and Wotton	70
6	Abbeydale	53
7	Elmbridge	21
8	Barnwood	20
9	Abbeymead	10
10	Hucclecote	8
11	Longlevens	7

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.