Crap Towns / Gloucester / Crime

How much crime is there in Gloucester?

The police recorded 121 crimes per 1,000 people a year in Gloucester from September 2023 to August 2026, 1.6 times the typical town's 76.2. The most common was violence and sexual offences, at 55.1. In the 12 months to August 2025 it was 121, down from 124 in the 12 months to August 2024.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
September 2023 to August 2024	124	78.6
September 2024 to August 2025	121	77.4
September 2025 to August 2026	–	73.7

**By type**
Crime	Here	Typical town
Violence and sexual offences	55.1	34.1
Shoplifting	15.0	7.1
Public order	12.6	6.6
Other theft	8.2	5.4
Criminal damage and arson	8.2	7.0
Burglary	5.0	3.1
Vehicle crime	3.9	3.8
Drugs	3.5	2.4
Other crime	3.3	2.0
Bicycle theft	2.1	0.5
Robbery	1.8	0.6
Possession of weapons	1.4	0.8
Theft from the person	0.7	0.4

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Crimes per 1,000 people a year
Gloucester	–	121
Stroud	12.4 km	87.9
Cheltenham	10.8 km	85.4
Tewkesbury	16.0 km	72.4
Stonehouse	12.7 km	68.2
Newent	15.1 km	65.3
Brockworth	4.4 km	63.8
Quedgeley and Hardwicke	5.5 km	57.5
Churchdown	4.3 km	46.7
Bishop's Cleeve	15.0 km	41.7
Chalford	15.1 km	24.9
The typical town	–	76.2