Total Crime Rate
91.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
37.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Oaksey Road area has the 39th highest crime rate of 93 local areas in Gorse Hill and Pinehurst , and the 201st highest crime rate of 728 local areas in Swindon .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Oaksey Road (SN2 5BT) in the last 12 months was 91.8 per 1,000 residents and was 1.8% higher than the Gorse Hill and Pinehurst average (90.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -43.8% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 37.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -38.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Oaksey Road (SN2 5BT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Durrington Walk, where police recorded 70 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Pewsham Road (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Penhill and Upper Stratton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Westbury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Leigh Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Everleigh Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lacock Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Winsley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Winsley Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Winsley Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Westbury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Penhill Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Penhill Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lacock Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lacock Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pewsham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newton Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sherston Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Leigh Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newton Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Leigh Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Leigh Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Stockton Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stockton Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leigh Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pewsham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Durrington Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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