Total Crime Rate
108.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
52.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Beatrice 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.
View Crime In Gorse Hill and Pinehurst| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Elmina Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Beatrice Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Ponting Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Manchester Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elmina Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elmina Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mervyn Webb Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Mervyn Webb Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mervyn Webb Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mervyn Webb Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Suffolk Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hinton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Carpenters Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carpenters Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Beatrice Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Manchester Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Gooch Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Avening Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Handel Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Handel Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Handel Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Paul'S Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Paul'S Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | St Paul'S Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elmina Road | Under investigation |
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