Total Crime Rate
195.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
102.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wavell Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 93 local areas in Gorse Hill and Pinehurst , and the 67th highest crime rate of 728 local areas in Swindon .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Wavell Road (SN2 1LD) in the last 12 months was 195.6 per 1,000 residents and was 116.9% 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 39 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 42 (≈ 102.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wavell Road (SN2 1LD), the main crime hotspot is near Doris Archer Court. Police recorded 76 crimes here, including 45 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Rodbourne Cheney| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wavell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cunningham Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wavell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wavell Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pinetree Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Montgomery Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Doris Archer Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wavell Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Doris Archer Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Doris Archer Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Doris Archer Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pound Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Pound Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cunningham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cunningham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Doris Archer Court | — |
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