Crime Statistics for Battledown, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, 2024

There were a total of 126 street level crime incidents in Battledown in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Anti Social Behaviour, followed by Violent Crime.

Crime Category	Incidents
Anti Social Behaviour	40
Violent Crime	33
Criminal Damage Arson	10
Other Theft	9
Vehicle Crime	8
Burglary	6
Bicycle Theft	6
Public Order	6
Shoplifting	4
Other Crime	2
Robbery	2
All Crime	126

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 Battledown. 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 Battledown

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Cheltenham (1.39 miles)	555
Fairview (0.88 miles)	540
Ryeworth	126
Battledown	126
Oakley (0.88 miles)	77
Charlton Park (0.88 miles)	61
Moor End (0.62 miles)	45
Charlton Kings (0.62 miles)	45
Ham (0.62 miles)	39
Little Herbert’s (1.24 miles)	22

Where are the most violent places near Battledown?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Cheltenham	162
Fairview	148
Ryeworth	33
Battledown	33
Oakley	24
Charlton Park	24
Moor End	14
Charlton Kings	14
Ham	10
Little Herbert’s	10

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

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 Battledown 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 Battledown compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Battledown and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Resident in Battledown have the lowest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is St Paul's.

#	Ward	Score
1	St Paul's	74
2	Pittville	70
3	All Saints	56
4	Lansdown	54
5	Oakley	52
6	College	35
7	Battledown	24
8	Park	21
9	Charlton Kings	20
10	Leckhampton	18
11	Charlton Park	15

Which road in Battledown has the highest level of crime?

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