Total Crime Rate
220.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Bolingbroke Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 145 local areas in Priory Vale , and the 60th highest crime rate of 728 local areas in Swindon .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Bolingbroke Road (SN2 2LB) in the last 12 months was 220.5 per 1,000 residents and was 309.0% higher than the Priory Vale average (53.9 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 Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 950.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 105.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 118.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bolingbroke Road (SN2 2LB), the main crime hotspot is near Bourne Road. Police recorded 53 crimes here, including 23 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Priory Vale| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bourne Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bourne Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bourne Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bourne Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bourne Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Bourne Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Bourne Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Bourne Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Bourne Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Bourne Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Bourne Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Yardley Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Yardley Close | Further action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cheney Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | North Leaze Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lewisham Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Lewisham Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Manor Crescent | Under investigation |
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