Total Crime Rate
48.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
37.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Beech Avenue area has the 29th lowest crime rate of 93 local areas in Gorse Hill and Pinehurst , and the 344th 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 Beech Avenue (SN2 1LN) in the last 12 months was 48.4 per 1,000 residents and was 46.3% 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 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 37.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -78.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Beech Avenue (SN2 1LN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 42 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Elm Road (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Swindon| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wingate Parade | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Wingate Parade | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wingate Parade | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elm Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cunningham Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cunningham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cunningham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rowan Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rowan Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harris Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rowan Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fir Tree Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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