Crime Statistics for Benhall, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, 2024

Crime statistics for Benhall, Cheltenham

There were a total of 122 street level crime incidents in Benhall 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 Benhall, 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 Crime32
Anti Social Behaviour27
Public Order13
Other Theft10
Criminal Damage Arson8
Burglary6
Shoplifting6
Vehicle Crime5
Bicycle Theft4
Drugs4
Other Crime3
Possession Of Weapons2
Robbery1
Theft From The Person1
All Crime122

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 Benhall. 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 Benhall

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Alstone (0.88 miles)349
St Mark’s (0.62 miles)270
Rowanfield (0.62 miles)270
Bournside (0.62 miles)172
Lansdown (0.62 miles)172
Fiddler’s Green (0.88 miles)134
Benhall122
Warden Hill (0.88 miles)57
Up Hatherley (0.88 miles)30
Bamfurlong (1.24 miles)29

8.94%
of Up Hatherley residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Benhall?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Alstone104
St Mark’s97
Rowanfield97
Fiddler’s Green47
Bournside41
Lansdown41
Benhall32
Warden Hill12
Bamfurlong9
Up Hatherley8

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

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 Benhall 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 Benhall compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1St Peter's79
2St Mark's76
3Hesters Way56
4Lansdown54
5Benhall and The Reddings39
6College35
7Shurdington33
8Park21
9Warden Hill20
10Up Hatherley19
11Leckhampton18

Which road in Benhall has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
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