Crime Statistics for Marle Hill, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Marle Hill in October 2024. There were a total of 1179 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 Marle Hill, 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	338
Anti Social Behaviour	236
Shoplifting	156
Other Theft	112
Public Order	82
Criminal Damage Arson	76
Bicycle Theft	38
Vehicle Crime	36
Drugs	26
Burglary	26
Other Crime	22
Possession Of Weapons	14
Robbery	12
Theft From The Person	5
All Crime	1179

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 Marle Hill. 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 Marle Hill

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Marle Hill	1051
St Peter’s (1.24 miles)	689
Fairview (0.62 miles)	571
Cheltenham (0.88 miles)	558
Pittville	505
Battledown (1.39 miles)	287
Alstone (1.39 miles)	287
Ryeworth (1.39 miles)	228
Oakley (1.39 miles)	202
Noverton (1.24 miles)	194

Where are the most violent places near Marle Hill?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Marle Hill	338
St Peter’s	217
Pittville	172
Alstone	149
Fairview	144
Cheltenham	141
Noverton	99
Battledown	70
Ryeworth	66
Oakley	65

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

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 Marle Hill 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 Marle Hill compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Marle Hill and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Residents in Marle Hill have the highest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is Charlton Park.

#	Ward	Score
1	St Paul's	74
2	Pittville	70
3	All Saints	56
4	Lansdown	54
5	Oakley	52
6	Swindon Village	38
7	College	35
8	Battledown	24
9	Prestbury	21
10	Park	21
11	Charlton Park	15

Which road in Marle Hill has the highest level of crime?

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