Total Crime Rate

108.2 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

52.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 108.2 8/10
  • Violent crimes 52.6 8/10
  • Public order 23.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 23.4 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 20.5 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.7 8/10
  • Drugs 8.8 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.9 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.9 3/10
  • Other crime 2.9 3/10
  • Other theft 2.9 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.9 3/10
  • Robbery 2.9 3/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Beatrice Street area has the 31st highest crime rate of 93 local areas in Gorse Hill and Pinehurst , and the 165th highest crime rate of 728 local areas in Swindon .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Beatrice Street (SN2 1BE) in the last 12 months was 108.2 per 1,000 residents and was 20.0% higher than the Gorse Hill and Pinehurst average (90.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 52.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -75.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Beatrice Street (SN2 1BE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near St Paul'S Street, where police recorded 41 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mervyn Webb Place (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Beatrice Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Public order Elmina Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Beatrice Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Ponting Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Manchester Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Elmina Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Elmina Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Mervyn Webb Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Mervyn Webb Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mervyn Webb Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mervyn Webb Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Suffolk Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hinton Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Carpenters Lane Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Carpenters Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Beatrice Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Manchester Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Gooch Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Avening Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Handel Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Handel Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Handel Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Paul'S Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Paul'S Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime St Paul'S Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Elmina Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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