Crime Statistics for Benhall, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Benhall in October 2024. There were a total of 133 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Benhall, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	42
Anti Social Behaviour	30
Vehicle Crime	12
Shoplifting	11
Criminal Damage Arson	10
Other Theft	8
Burglary	5
Public Order	5
Drugs	5
Other Crime	4
Bicycle Theft	1
All Crime	133

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 Benhall. 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 Benhall

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Alstone (0.88 miles)	287
St Mark’s (0.62 miles)	244
Rowanfield (0.62 miles)	244
Lansdown (0.62 miles)	243
Bournside (0.62 miles)	154
Fiddler’s Green (0.88 miles)	149
Benhall	133
Warden Hill (0.88 miles)	43
Up Hatherley (0.88 miles)	40
Bamfurlong (1.24 miles)	37

Where are the most violent places near Benhall?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Alstone	149
St Mark’s	76
Rowanfield	76
Lansdown	67
Fiddler’s Green	50
Benhall	42
Bournside	37
Up Hatherley	16
Warden Hill	9
Bamfurlong	9

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

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 Benhall 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 Benhall compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Benhall and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Benhall is ranked #10.

#	Ward	Score
1	St Peter's	79
2	St Mark's	76
3	Hesters Way	56
4	Lansdown	54
5	Benhall and The Reddings	39
6	College	35
7	Shurdington	33
8	Park	21
9	Warden Hill	20
10	Up Hatherley	19
11	Leckhampton	18

Which road in Benhall has the highest level of crime?

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