Total Crime Rate

120.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

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 120.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 53.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 25.6 8/10
  • Drugs 10.3 8/10
  • Public order 10.3 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.7 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.1 8/10
  • Other crime 2.6 2/10
  • Theft from the person 2.6 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.6 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Beech Avenue area has the 28th highest crime rate of 92 local areas in Gorse Hill and Pinehurst , and the 140th 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 Beech Avenue (SN2 1JX) in the last 12 months was 120.5 per 1,000 residents and was 34.6% 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 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -16.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 69.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Beech Avenue (SN2 1JX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Doris Archer Court, where police recorded 83 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Pinetree Rise (50 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Beech Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hurst Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Limes Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pinetree Rise Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Pinetree Rise Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Pinetree Rise Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Pinetree Rise Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wavell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Doris Archer Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Doris Archer Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Doris Archer Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Blackthorn Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pinetree Rise Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blackthorn Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Doris Archer Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Doris Archer Court Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Doris Archer Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Doris Archer Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Doris Archer Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Limes Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Limes Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pinetree Rise Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pinetree Rise Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pinetree Rise Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Laburnum Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pinehurst Road
Sep 2025Other theft Pinehurst Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Pinehurst Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pinehurst Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pinetree Rise Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pinehurst Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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