Postcode · Wotton-under-Edge
Crime in GL12 8HU
How much crime is recorded in GL12 8HU, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Charfield, Wickwar & Iron Acton
- Council
- South Gloucestershire
- Region
- South West
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,891 (2024)
How safe is GL12 8HU
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 18.3 offences per 1,000 people a year in the GL12 8HU area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 4 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
4/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
18.3
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
31
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Recorded offences per 1,000 people a year (counting both residents and people who work locally, or per 1,000 households for burglary).
GL12 8HUNational
Burglary17.99.1
Violence and sexual offences13.123.6
Other crime3.41.5
Other theft3.24.5
Public order2.44.6
Anti-social behaviour1.710.7
Criminal damage and arson1.24.7
Vehicle crime1.13.5
Robbery0.31.4
Drugs0.32.4
Shoplifting0.38.4
Possession of weapons0.20.9
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.