Crime in GL54
How much crime is recorded in GL54, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Council
- Cotswold
- Region
- South West
- Population
- 41,741 (2024)
GL54Postcode district · Cheltenham
How safe is GL54
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 16.1 offences per 1,000 people a year in GL54, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 4 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Around the middle of 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 fallen 17% 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.