Crime Statistics for Hesters Way, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, 2024

There were a total of 243 street level crime incidents in Hesters Way 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 Hesters Way, 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	101
Anti Social Behaviour	45
Public Order	21
Other Theft	19
Criminal Damage Arson	14
Burglary	11
Other Crime	9
Vehicle Crime	9
Drugs	5
Shoplifting	4
Robbery	2
Bicycle Theft	2
Possession Of Weapons	1
All Crime	243

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 Hesters Way. 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 Hesters Way

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

Location	Crime Incidents
St Peter’s (0.62 miles)	399
Alstone (0.88 miles)	267
Arle	243
Hesters Way	243
St Mark’s (0.62 miles)	193
Rowanfield (0.62 miles)	193
Springbank (0.62 miles)	146
Uckington (0.88 miles)	98
Fiddler’s Green (0.88 miles)	98
Benhall (1.24 miles)	92

Where are the most violent places near Hesters Way?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
St Peter’s	144
Arle	101
Hesters Way	101
Alstone	98
St Mark’s	70
Rowanfield	70
Springbank	64
Uckington	42
Fiddler’s Green	33
Benhall	27

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

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 Hesters Way 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 Hesters Way compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Hesters Way and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Hesters Way is ranked #5.

#	Ward	Score
1	St Peter's	79
2	St Mark's	76
3	Springbank	72
4	Pittville	70
5	Hesters Way	56
6	Lansdown	54
7	Benhall and The Reddings	39
8	Swindon Village	38
9	Park	21
10	Warden Hill	20
11	Up Hatherley	19

Which road in Hesters Way has the highest level of crime?

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