Crime in GL12 8JT
How much crime is recorded in GL12 8JT, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Wotton-under-Edge & Kingswood
- Council
- Stroud
- Region
- South West
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,240 (2024)
GL12 8JTWotton-under-Edge
How safe is GL12 8JT
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 12.3 offences per 1,000 people a year in the GL12 8JT area, less than half the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 3 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Lower than most neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
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).
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 23% since 2022.
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover February 2025 to January 2026, the latest twelve months this area's police force has published. Other forces have published to August 2026.