Total Crime Rate
30.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
16.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lynwood Grove area has the 54th lowest crime rate of 146 local areas in Priory Vale , and the 203rd lowest crime rate of 728 local areas in Swindon .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Lynwood Grove (SN2 2LY) in the last 12 months was 30.2 per 1,000 residents and was 42.5% lower than the Priory Vale average (52.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 16.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 30.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lynwood Grove (SN2 2LY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Moredon Park, where police recorded 23 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Haydon Wick| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Silbury Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Elborough Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Elborough Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elborough Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elborough Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Comfrey Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fennel Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Jubilee Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Silbury Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Moredon Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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