Gloucester crime stats
April 2024

The overall crime rate in Gloucester postcode area is 100.3 crimes per 1,000. Most crimes, 22.7k crimes were violent crimes which is 37.7% of all crimes committed in the area. Violent crime rate is at 107% of national crime rate. Shoplifting crime was the fastest growing crime and it increased by 51.1% over the last twelve months.The category of "other crime" is the highest ranking crime category when category crime rate is compared to the national average. "Other crime" rate is at 141% of national crime rate which puts Gloucester on 18. position out of 95 England's and Wales' postcode areas in this crime category. "Other crime" makes up 2.6% of all crimes committed in the area. The total number of "other crime" is 1.6k cases and has increased by 19.8% when compared year-over-year in the period of March 2023 - February 2024.

Crime statistic	Share of all crimes	Ranking (95 postcode areas)	% of national crime rate	Crime volume	% annual change
Violent crime →	37.7%	41. highest	107%	22.7k	-9.1%
Antisocial behaviour crime →	16.6%	42. highest	105%	10.0k	11.1%
Public order crime →	9.1%	22. highest	118%	5.5k	-23.7%
Other theft crime →	6.9%	39. lowest	87%	4.2k	3.8%
Criminal damage and arson crime →	6.8%	25. lowest	86%	4.1k	-13.2%
Shoplifting crime →	6.6%	40. lowest	93%	4.0k	51.1%
Burglary crime →	4.5%	41. highest	107%	2.7k	-3.4%
Vehicle crime →	4.5%	31. lowest	72%	2.7k	36.4%
Other crime →	2.6%	18. highest	141%	1.6k	19.8%
Drugs crime →	1.7%	12. lowest	63%	1.0k	-2.0%
Bicycle theft crime →	1.2%	31. highest	108%	718	-1.6%
Robbery crime →	0.6%	33. lowest	49%	373	16.6%
Possession of weapons crime →	0.6%	22. lowest	66%	365	18.5%
Theft from the person crime →	0.5%	31. lowest	26%	312	9.5%
Crime statistic	Share of all crimes	Crime rate ranking	% of national crime rate	Crime volume	% annual change
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