Total Crime Rate

249.2 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 249.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 90.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 53.0 10/10
  • Shoplifting 46.7 8/10
  • Public order 18.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.5 8/10
  • Drugs 6.2 6/10
  • Other crime 6.2 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.2 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.1 4/10
  • Other theft 3.1 2/10
  • Robbery 3.1 3/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Laburnum Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 92 local areas in Gorse Hill and Pinehurst , and the 46th 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 Laburnum Road (SN2 1QY) in the last 12 months was 249.2 per 1,000 residents and was 178.3% 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 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 112.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Laburnum Road (SN2 1QY), the main crime hotspot is near Pinehurst Road. Police recorded 51 crimes here, including 29 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Laburnum Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Circle
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pinehurst Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hurst Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Laburnum Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mendip Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Limes Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Limes Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Limes Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mendip Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pinehurst Road
Sep 2025Other theft Pinehurst Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Pinehurst Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Circle
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pinehurst Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pinehurst Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sycamore Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Whitworth Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson The Circle Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tulip Tree Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Sycamore Grove Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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