Total Crime Rate
17.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
10.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Beatrice Street area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 93 local areas in Gorse Hill and Pinehurst , and the 96th lowest crime rate of 728 local areas in Swindon .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Beatrice Street (SN2 1BJ) in the last 12 months was 17.5 per 1,000 residents and was 80.6% lower 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 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 3 cases , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 10.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -96.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Beatrice Street (SN2 1BJ), 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 | Manchester Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Handel Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Carpenters Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Beatrice Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Beatrice Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elmina Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elmina Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Elmina Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Suffolk Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Handel Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Handel Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | St Paul'S 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Manchester Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Gooch Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carpenters Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elmina Road | 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Mervyn Webb Place | Under investigation |
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