Total Crime Rate

48.4 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

37.6 per 1,000 7/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 48.4 5/10
  • Violent crimes 37.6 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 16.1 4/10
  • Public order 13.4 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.4 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.7 1/10
  • Burglary 2.7 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.7 1/10
  • Other theft 2.7 1/10
  • Robbery 2.7 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Beech 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.

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Crime Over Time in Beech Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Public order Wingate Parade Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Wingate Parade Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wingate Parade
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Elm Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cunningham Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cunningham Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cunningham Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rowan Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rowan Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Harris Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rowan Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fir Tree Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation

Data Sources

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