Crime Statistics for Battledown, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Battledown in October 2024. There were a total of 314 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Anti Social Behaviour, followed by Violent Crime.

Crime Category	Incidents
Anti Social Behaviour	74
Violent Crime	70
Shoplifting	50
Public Order	36
Criminal Damage Arson	16
Bicycle Theft	14
Burglary	12
Vehicle Crime	12
Other Theft	12
Other Crime	4
Drugs	4
Theft From The Person	4
Possession Of Weapons	4
Robbery	2
All Crime	314

Map of street level crime incidents in October 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Battledown. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Battledown

We've taken the ten nearest places to Battledown and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Battledown has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Fairview (0.88 miles)	571
Cheltenham (1.39 miles)	558
Battledown	287
Ryeworth	228
Oakley (0.88 miles)	202
Charlton Park (0.88 miles)	54
Ham (0.62 miles)	47
Moor End (0.62 miles)	45
Charlton Kings (0.62 miles)	45
Little Herbert’s (1.24 miles)	41

Where are the most violent places near Battledown?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Battledown and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Fairview	144
Cheltenham	141
Battledown	70
Ryeworth	66
Oakley	65
Charlton Park	10
Ham	10
Moor End	8
Charlton Kings	8
Little Herbert’s	5

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Battledown?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Battledown to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Battledown compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Battledown and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Resident in Battledown have the lowest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is St Paul's.

#	Ward	Score
1	St Paul's	74
2	Pittville	70
3	All Saints	56
4	Lansdown	54
5	Oakley	52
6	College	35
7	Battledown	24
8	Park	21
9	Charlton Kings	20
10	Leckhampton	18
11	Charlton Park	15

Which road in Battledown has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Battledown with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around this marker.