Total Crime Rate
59.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
35.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cunningham Road area has the 40th lowest crime rate of 93 local areas in Gorse Hill and Pinehurst , and the 311th highest 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 Cunningham Road (SN2 1PR) in the last 12 months was 59.4 per 1,000 residents and was 34.1% 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 Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 35.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 42.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cunningham Road (SN2 1PR), the main crime hotspot is near Wavell Road. Police recorded 48 crimes here, including 27 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 | Pound Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elm Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wavell Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wavell Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wavell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wavell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Montgomery Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Pound Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Devon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cunningham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cunningham Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Wingate Parade | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wingate Parade | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wingate Parade | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cunningham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harris Road | Under investigation |
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