Total Crime Rate
300.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Cheney Place area has the 4th highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Mannington and Western , and the 32nd 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 Cheney Place (SN2 2LL) in the last 12 months was 300.6 per 1,000 residents and was 227.1% higher than the Mannington and Western average (91.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -52.2% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 38 (≈ 120.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -26.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cheney Place (SN2 2LL), 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 Mannington and Western| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Manor Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Bourne Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bourne Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cheney Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Yardley Close | Further action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Walk South | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bourne Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Church Walk South | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | North Leaze Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 |
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