GL8 8QY Guide - Crime Rate, Schools & Area Review

GL8 8QY is a postcode in Tetbury East & Rural, Cotswold, South West, England. This postcode area guide brings together crime, schools, demographics, property prices, planning applications, HMO licences and roadworks near GL8 8QY, then scores the surrounding small area 72/100 - top 14% nationally across 8 matched LocaleIQ domains.

The strongest signals around GL8 8QY are health and local prosperity, while housing is the main area to examine before moving, renting or buying here. LocaleIQ uses these local signals as a practical area rating rather than a single raw statistic, so read the score alongside the detailed map layers and source records.

The demographic profile for GL8 8QY is based on Wiltshire 005 Census 2021. It covers 6,280 residents, 71 people per square kilometre. The median age is around 48, helping show whether the area skews younger, family-sized or older. Housing tenure is 72% owner-occupied, 20% privately rented, 7% social rented, useful context for renters, buyers and landlords comparing the local property market. On the official England neighbourhood wellbeing index the area ranks in decile 7/10.

For property prices near GL8 8QY, LocaleIQ uses Land Registry sold-price evidence for the GL8 postcode district. The latest median sold price is £260k from 107 rolling sales. The Property tab separates flats, terraced, semi-detached and detached homes where enough sales exist.

For safety, the Crime tab breaks down recorded crime near GL8 8QY by category and map position. Crime trend is flat or improving month on month. Use it with the LocaleIQ safety score because police data can lag and does not capture every local issue.

Local change around GL8 8QY is tracked through nearby planning permissions, HMO licensing and roadworks. This report currently shows 1 street-disruption record in the Planning tab, with dates, distance and source links. Large council source datasets may contain more records than the displayed list.