Total Crime Rate
249.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Hazel Grove 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 Hazel Grove (SN2 1RA) 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 Hazel Grove (SN2 1RA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hurst Crescent, where police recorded 34 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hazel Grove (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Gorse Hill and Pinehurst| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chestnut Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chestnut Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Hurst Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | The Circle | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | The Circle | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | The Circle | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Laburnum Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Limes Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Limes Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Limes Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sycamore Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Sycamore Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mendip Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mendip Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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