Total Crime Rate

585.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 585.7 10/10
  • Shoplifting 214.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 114.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 100.0 10/10
  • Public order 57.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 42.9 10/10
  • Other theft 28.6 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 14.3 10/10
  • Burglary 14.3 9/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Ewden Close area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 108 local areas in Chiseldon and Lawn , and the 10th highest crime rate of 728 local areas in Swindon .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Ewden Close (SN1 7AZ) in the last 12 months was 585.7 per 1,000 residents and was 753.3% higher than the Chiseldon and Lawn average (68.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -61.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 171.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 118.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ewden Close (SN1 7AZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 18 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Eyam Road (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Ewden Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (3/3)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Yelland Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Brentfore Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Stonehenge Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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