Photo: Fontles at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Less burglary, vehicle crime and damage is recorded per resident in Churchdown than in 79% of UK towns
It has less crime per resident than 78% of the UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people, 645 in all. Across all the graded crimes, Churchdown lands on B− (#21 of 48 in Gloucestershire): close to the middle of UK towns, on crimes police recorded inside its built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026. Out of every 1,000 residents, 27.5 violent and sexual offences and 6.0 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage are reported annually.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Churchdown
Less crime than many places its size
Of 397 UK towns of 9,000 to 18,000 people, Churchdown has the 112th lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Oxted, Hersham and Knaresborough, higher than Gorseinon, Cambourne and Yaxley. Towns its size ↓
Many neighbourhoods rank low for crime nationally
The government’s Indices of Deprivation 2025 rank every neighbourhood in England on recorded crime. 35% of Churchdown’s residents live in one of the lowest-crime 10%, and 0% in one of the highest-crime 20%. Neighbourhood ranks ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
What’s behind Churchdown’s grade
A fairly firm grade. Built on 1,093 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Churchdown against every UK town of 1,000 or more.
Per resident, against all UK towns; beside it, how it compares with towns its size.
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Shoplifting and criminal damage & arson sit below it.
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 157 | 11.6 | 30.4 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 53 | 3.9 | 12.4 |
| Other theft | not graded | 26 | 1.9 | 4.4 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 20 | 1.5 | 6.1 |
| Public order | not graded | 19 | 1.4 | 5.4 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 17 | 1.3 | 6.2 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 17 | 1.3 | 2.4 |
| Other crime | not graded | 10 | 0.7 | 1.8 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 4 | 0.3 | 2.8 |
| Robbery | Violent | 4 | 0.3 | 0.5 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 2 | 0.1 | 0.7 |
| Drugs | not graded | 1 | 0.1 | 1.9 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 1 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| Theft from the person | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0.3 |
“Violent” is police.uk’s violence and sexual offences (which includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury), robbery and possession of weapons. Anti-social behaviour isn’t a crime category; shoplifting and other theft happen mostly in shops and town centres rather than to residents, so neither counts in the grade.
September 2025 to August 2026, per 1,000 residents. The tick on each bar is the typical (median) town among UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
A third of Churchdown residents live in one of England’s lowest-crime neighbourhoods
77% of residents live in the lowest-crime 30% of England’s neighbourhoods, and 0% in the highest-crime 20%. The crime domain scores the risk of violence, burglary, theft and criminal damage where people live, so it can read differently from the town-wide rate, which counts crimes where they happened.
Churchdown’s residents by the crime decile of their neighbourhood (LSOA, about 1,500 people) in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (crime domain), where 1 is the highest-crime 10% of England’s neighbourhoods and 10 the lowest.
112th of 397: Churchdown among towns its size
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greasby Merseyside | 9,175 | 11.3 | 3.7 | 2.5 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 57 | Bishop's Cleeve Gloucestershire | 16,323 | 21 | 7.5 | 7 | B |
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| 60 | Frampton Cotterell and Winterbourne Gloucestershire | 14,969 | 20.3 | 8.5 | 8.6 | B |
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| 109 | Gorseinon West Glamorgan | 14,114 | 25.7 | 7.7 | 7.2 | B− |
| 110 | Cambourne Cambridgeshire | 11,071 | 24.7 | 8.8 | 10 | B− |
| 111 | Yaxley Cambridgeshire | 9,403 | 23.8 | 9.8 | 6.1 | B− |
| 112 | Churchdown Gloucestershire | 13,480 | 27.5 | 6 | 6.8 | B− |
| 113 | Soham Cambridgeshire | 10,609 | 24.8 | 8.8 | 4.9 | B− |
| 114 | Hythe Kent | 14,613 | 24.6 | 8.9 | 8.7 | B− |
| 115 | Alsager Cheshire | 15,504 | 27.4 | 6.2 | 5.9 | B− |
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| 164 | Thornbury Gloucestershire | 14,483 | 30 | 8.1 | 6.8 | C+ |
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| 229 | Cirencester Gloucestershire | 17,715 | 34.1 | 10.5 | 20 | C |
| … | ||||||
| 397 | Haverfordwest Dyfed | 12,088 | 91.4 | 28.6 | 32.3 | D− |
Safety letters rank against every UK town of 1,000 or more; the order here is context only.
Graded crime per 1,000 residents a year, September 2023 to August 2026, counting from the least: towns ranked near Churchdown, and others in Gloucestershire.
Lowest recorded crime in Churchdown Brookfield with Hucclecote, Churchdown St John's and Innsworth; highest in Innsworth
| Ward | Residents | Violent | Homes & vehicles | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Churchdown Brookfield with Hucclecote | 3,718 | 11.7 | 3.4 | |
| Churchdown St John's | 7,133 | 20.6 | 5 | |
| Innsworth | 2,629 | 41.3 | 6.3 |
A ward’s rate counts crimes where they happened, not where victims live, so Innsworth records 2.4× the violent crime per resident of the rest of Churchdown.
Crimes per 1,000 residents a year by council ward (the part of each ward inside Churchdown’s built-up area), September 2023 to August 2026.
Police name a suspect about as often as across UK towns
No suspect was identified for 67% of Churchdown’s burglaries, vehicle crimes and criminal damage, against 69% across UK towns, and for 8% of violent and sexual offences against 19%. Most violent cases close as “unable to prosecute” (77% here), usually because the victim doesn’t support a prosecution. About 3% of violent and 0% of household crimes reached court.
The latest outcome police.uk shows for each crime recorded in the first of the three years (September 2023 to August 2024), so most cases have closed. 485 crimes.
Crime in Churchdown per 1,000 residents
A crime isn’t a victim: one person can report several, and crimes in a town centre often involve visitors rather than residents.
And about 3 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 3 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
Two people died in collisions on Churchdown’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 42 collisions with injuries inside Churchdown in five years, in which two people died (2 were pedestrians). 17 people were killed or seriously injured: 7 on foot and 2 on a bicycle.
That is about what is typical for UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people: at their median rate (0.9 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Churchdown’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Churchdown’s own rate (3.0) is context, not a ranking.
Counting serious injuries too, Churchdown had 25.2 people killed or seriously injured per 100,000 residents a year, about the same as the median for UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people (23.8).
Casualties are counted where the collision happened, not where people lived: a main road through town adds through-traffic, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Seriously injured uses the Department for Transport’s adjusted figures, which even out the police forces’ different ways of recording injuries. There’s no national rate here: more than half of road deaths in England and Wales (58%) happen outside every town’s built-up area. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), 2021–2025.
Collisions police recorded inside Churchdown’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Churchdown
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Churchdown | 13,480 | 27.5 | 6 | B− |
| Longford | 2,536 | 21.7 | 6.2 | B |
| Gloucester | 118,562 | 58.3 | 17.1 | D |
| Brockworth | 12,007 | 38.6 | 8.9 | C− |
| Shurdington | 1,888 | 18 | 6.1 | B+ |
| Upton St Leonards | 1,132 | 13.1 | 6.6 | A− |
| Cheltenham | 115,941 | 35.2 | 17.3 | C− |
| Highnam | 1,920 | 11 | 8.6 | A− |
Churchdown records more graded crime per resident than 4 of its 7 neighbours. Longford, 1.9 miles away, records 21.7 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Churchdown’s 27.5.
Per 1,000 residents a year, the same three years. Tap a town for its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Some months are short. Gloucestershire Police published February 2026, March 2026, April 2026, May 2026, June 2026, July 2026 and August 2026 only in part or not at all. Those months are left out of the rates, which average the months that were published in full; the raw counts include what was published.
- Where crimes happen, not where victims live. police.uk places each crime at a point near where it happened. Town centres with shops, stations, a hospital and nightlife record more crime per resident, and residents of nearby villages who come in to shop or go out are part of that count.
- Bigger towns record more per resident. Across UK towns, recorded crime per resident rises steeply with size, more than in the U.S., so a city’s grade sits low against the whole UK. The “towns its size” figures show where Churchdown sits among towns like it; they are context and don’t change the grade.
- Points are approximate. police.uk moves each point to the nearest of a set of anonymous map points, so crimes near the edge of the built-up area can fall either side of it.
Questions about safety in Churchdown
Is Churchdown safe?
Police recorded 27.5 violent and sexual offences and 6 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Churchdown’s built-up area). That earns a B− for safety: less crime per resident than 47% of UK towns. Among 397 UK towns of 9,000 to 18,000 people, Churchdown is 112th from the least crime. 35% of residents live in neighbourhoods in England’s lowest-crime 10%.
What are the safest areas of Churchdown?
By council ward, Churchdown Brookfield with Hucclecote, Churchdown St John's and Innsworth record the least violent and household crime per resident: 11.7, 20.6 and 41.3 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 a year (3-year average), against 41.3 in Innsworth.
What is the most common crime in Churchdown?
Violence & sexual offences: 157 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came other theft (26) and shoplifting (20), with 53 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Churchdown compare with Gloucester?
Gloucester records 58.3 violent and sexual offences and 17.1 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Churchdown’s 27.5 and 6, over the same three years.
Sources: data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · MHCLG English Indices of Deprivation 2025, crime domain by LSOA (residents from ONS Census 2021) · Department for Transport road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions 2021–2025, points inside the built-up-area boundary · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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