Tewkesbury is less safe than the borough around it, and most of the difference is nuisance, not danger. Recorded crime is more than a quarter above the borough average. Anti-social behaviour makes up a bigger share of crime here than it does nationally. Violence and sexual offences are about the same share as everywhere else.
Police.uk recorded 978 crimes in Tewkesbury in the year from June 2025 to May 2026, a published rate of about 55 per 1,000 residents. That is about 28% above the average for Tewkesbury borough over the same twelve months.
The borough-wide rate was about 43 per 1,000. The borough is mostly villages and farmland, from Forthampton to Teddington, so comparing a busy market town with it was always going to make the town look worse. Moving here from one of those villages, you will notice the town has a closing time.
For its size, Tewkesbury is densely built, with about 3,760 residents per square kilometre on average. About 2% of working-age residents were unemployed and about 1% of households were overcrowded at the 2021 Census. None of these figures explains the crime rate, and both unemployment and overcrowding are low. They describe a busy town, not a deprived one.
Violence and sexual offences make up about 34% of Tewkesbury's recorded crime, against about 35% across England and Wales. That category is a broad legal grouping that includes common assault without injury, and it is the largest almost everywhere. Here it is in line with the national share. Anti-social behaviour is the clearer difference, at about 24% of crime here against 16% nationally. Criminal damage and arson make up about 8% (7% nationally), shoplifting about 7% (8%), other theft about 7% (7%), and public order offences about 5% (7%). Of all the categories, anti-social behaviour is the only one well above the national share.
Gloucestershire Constabulary charged a suspect in about 9% of cases over the year to May 2026, against about 12% nationally, which put it 39th of 42 forces. The force closed about 33% of cases without identifying a suspect. These figures cover the whole county force, not Tewkesbury's own cases, and the force reported outcomes for eight of those twelve months. They tell you how often someone is caught. They do not tell you how much crime happens here.
Tewkesbury is a weak spot for safety. Crime is clearly higher than in the surrounding borough, though most of the extra is anti-social behaviour, not violence.