Total Crime Rate

29.3 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 29.3 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 16.3 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.3 2/10
  • Other theft 3.3 3/10
  • Public order 3.3 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.3 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Ferndale Road area has the 14th lowest crime rate of 57 local areas in Mannington and Western , and the 205th lowest crime rate of 728 local areas in Swindon .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Ferndale Road (SN2 1HB) in the last 12 months was 29.3 per 1,000 residents and was 68.1% lower than the Mannington and Western average (91.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 19.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ferndale Road (SN2 1HB), the main crime hotspot is near Ferndale Road. Police recorded 54 crimes here, including 35 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Ferndale Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Robbery Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rayfield Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ferndale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ferndale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ferndale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hunter'S Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hunter'S Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hunter'S Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Osborne Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rayfield Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Newmarket Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ferndale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Kitchener Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Kitchener Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Brunel Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Brunel Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brunel Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Newmarket Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ferndale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Newmarket Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ferndale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ferndale Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ferndale Road
Sep 2025Other theft Ferndale Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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