Photo: Jaggery · CC BY-SA 2.0Recorded crime in Whitminster, without a grade
There is no Safety Grade for Whitminster, but the crimes police recorded inside its built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026 are here. We grade Safety from 1,000 residents, and Whitminster has fewer: at that size a handful of incidents moves the rate a long way. Out of every 1,000 residents, 21.3 violent and sexual offences and 4.4 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 police recorded in the last 12 months
Violence & sexual offences sits below it.
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 10 | 10.7 | 16.6 |
| Public order | not graded | 2 | 2.1 | 2.4 |
| Drugs | not graded | 2 | 2.1 | 0.6 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 2 | 2.1 | 5.3 |
| Other theft | not graded | 1 | 1.1 | 2.5 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 1 | 1.1 | 1.6 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 1 | 1.1 | 1.5 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 0 | 0 | 3.2 |
| Other crime | not graded | 0 | 0 | 1.1 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robbery | Violent | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Theft from the person | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0 |
“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 1,000 to 2,500 people.
Crime in Whitminster 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 2 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 1 shoplifting and theft report, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
Crime in the places around Whitminster
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitminster | 934 | 21.3 | 4.4 | — |
| Frampton on Severn | 1,069 | 27.1 | 11.2 | C+ |
| Eastington | 1,218 | 18.7 | 5.8 | B+ |
| Stonehouse | 8,302 | 38.8 | 11.6 | C− |
| Leonard Stanley and King's Stanley | 3,584 | 14.3 | 3.9 | A |
| Whiteshill and Randwick | 1,442 | 11.4 | 7.2 | A |
| Quedgeley and Hardwicke | 21,125 | 32.8 | 7.4 | C+ |
| Stroud | 26,073 | 38 | 20.2 | D |
Whitminster records more graded crime per resident than 3 of its 7 neighbours. Eastington, 1.8 miles away, records 18.7 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Whitminster’s 21.3.
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 Whitminster 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 Whitminster
Is Whitminster safe?
Police recorded 21.3 violent and sexual offences and 4.4 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Whitminster’s built-up area).
What is the most common crime in Whitminster?
Violence & sexual offences: 10 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came public order (2) and drugs (2), with 2 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Whitminster 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 Whitminster’s 21.3 and 4.4, 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) · 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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