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Crime · Cheltenham
Reported crime in Cheltenham
5,431 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 44 per 1,000 residents.
Total incidents
5,431
Rate / 1,000
44
Categories
14
Months on file
11
By category
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 1,649 | 30% |
| Anti social behaviour | 1,248 | 23% |
| Shoplifting | 663 | 12% |
| Public order | 350 | 6% |
| Criminal damage and arson | 302 | 6% |
| Vehicle crime | 294 | 5% |
| Other theft | 288 | 5% |
| Burglary | 243 | 4% |
| Other crime | 117 | 2% |
| Drugs | 95 | 2% |
| Bicycle theft | 69 | 1% |
| Robbery | 58 | 1% |
| Possession of weapons | 31 | 1% |
| Theft from the person | 24 | 0% |
Category by month
| Category | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jul | Aug | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 330 | 343 | 335 | 310 | 316 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1649 |
| Anti social behaviour | 268 | 258 | 268 | 215 | 226 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1248 | |
| Shoplifting | 119 | 131 | 138 | 151 | 122 | 1 | 1 | 663 | ||||
| Public order | 71 | 76 | 70 | 69 | 64 | 350 | ||||||
| Criminal damage and arson | 57 | 78 | 53 | 56 | 58 | 302 | ||||||
| Vehicle crime | 49 | 74 | 55 | 55 | 60 | 1 | 294 | |||||
| Other theft | 55 | 50 | 53 | 60 | 69 | 1 | 288 | |||||
| Burglary | 43 | 46 | 58 | 41 | 55 | 243 | ||||||
| Other crime | 22 | 24 | 23 | 19 | 28 | 1 | 117 | |||||
| Drugs | 20 | 23 | 20 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 95 | |||||
| Bicycle theft | 19 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 69 | ||||||
| Robbery | 13 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 58 | ||||||
| Possession of weapons | 8 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 31 | |||||
| Theft from the person | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 24 | ||||||
| Total | 1078 | 1138 | 1116 | 1035 | 1029 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 5431 |
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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Cheltenham, Sept 2025 to Aug 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 124,810.