Crime Rates at Beech Avenue, Swindon, SN2 1JZ

Beech Avenue area has the 37th highest crime rate of 92 local areas in Gorse Hill and Pinehurst , and the 186th 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 1JZ) in the last 12 months was 97.1 per 1,000 residents and was 8.4% 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 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 9.1% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 68.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 14.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Beech Avenue (SN2 1JZ), 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.