Total Crime Rate
198.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Pinehurst Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 92 local areas in Gorse Hill and Pinehurst , and the 66th 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 Pinehurst Road (SN2 1SJ) in the last 12 months was 198.3 per 1,000 residents and was 121.4% 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 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 266.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 45 (≈ 125.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Pinehurst Road (SN2 1SJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Newton Way, 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 | Anti-social behaviour | The Circle | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cricklade Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cricklade Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sycamore Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Sycamore Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cricklade Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | The Circle | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | The Circle | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chestnut Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mendip Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mendip Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Laburnum Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairford Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Amberley Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Newton Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Newton Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Cadley Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Cadley Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | A4311 | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cadley Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Clive Parade | Under investigation |
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