Yes, Churchdown is safe, and safer than most of its own borough. Its crime rate is about half the borough average. Fewer than ninety crimes are recorded in a typical year. Hardly anyone is out of work, and hardly anyone lives in cramped housing. The risk is real but small, which is about as good as safety figures get.
Police.uk figures for the year to May 2026 put Churchdown's rate at about 22 crimes per 1,000 residents, roughly 48% below the Tewkesbury borough average. That rate covers 89 recorded crimes over the twelve months from June 2025. Both are published figures, calculated on their own population base. A total that small can move a long way on a single bad month, so read it as a level, not a ranking.
Tewkesbury borough as a whole records about 43 crimes per 1,000 residents, against Churchdown's 22. Seen side by side, the village drags the borough's average down every year. If you want a feel for a particular street, the police's online crime map shows recent reports by location. A month of it will tell you more than any average.
Churchdown is more built up than its village title suggests, at about 2,190 people per square kilometre on average. Census 2021 puts unemployment at about 1% and overcrowding at about 1% of households. That makes for full streets, full-time jobs and homes with room to spare.
What happens after a crime is reported is a separate question, and the answer comes from the force, not the village. Gloucestershire Constabulary, which covers the whole county, charges a suspect in about 9% of cases, against about 12% nationally. That puts it 39th of 42 forces in England and Wales. In about 33% of its cases nobody is identified at all. Those figures cover the twelve months to May 2026, though the force reported outcomes for only eight of those months. The county's detection record is a weak spot. It just rarely gets tested in Churchdown.
Safety is one of Churchdown's real strengths. Crime is low, the figures are small enough to be honest about, and the main worry is what happens on the rare occasion something does go missing.