Total Crime Rate
207.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Beatrice Street area has the 10th highest crime rate of 92 local areas in Gorse Hill and Pinehurst , and the 64th 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 Beatrice Street (SN2 1BB) in the last 12 months was 207.6 per 1,000 residents and was 131.8% 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 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 600.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 85.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 22.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Beatrice Street (SN2 1BB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Beatrice Street, where police recorded 54 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Brunel Crescent (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Gorse Hill and Pinehurst| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Norman Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brunel Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beatrice Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Armstrong Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Corporation Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Suffolk Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Brunel Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Brunel Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Newmarket Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Beatrice Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Newmarket Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Kitchener Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Newmarket Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Norman Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Kitchener Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Beatrice Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Station Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Aylesbury Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Sports/Recreation Area | 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 | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Aylesbury Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Swindon | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Aylesbury Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Swindon | Under investigation |
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