Total Crime Rate
241.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Cricklade Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 92 local areas in Gorse Hill and Pinehurst , and the 50th highest crime rate of 728 local areas in Swindon .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Cricklade Road (SN2 1AD) in the last 12 months was 241.6 per 1,000 residents and was 169.7% higher than the Gorse Hill and Pinehurst average (89.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 38 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 44 (≈ 114.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cricklade Road (SN2 1AD), the main crime hotspot is near Mervyn Webb Place. Police recorded 36 crimes here, including 23 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Gorse Hill and Pinehurst| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Handel Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | May Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Malvern Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Handel Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hinton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Suffolk Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Handel Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Mervyn Webb Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tydeman Street | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tydeman Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Chapel Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Chapel Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Mervyn Webb Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Handel Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | May Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Norman Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Norman Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Norman Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Norman Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Paul'S Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | St Paul'S Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Avening Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Carpenters Lane | Under investigation |
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