Total Crime Rate
74.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Trowbridge Close area has the 44th lowest crime rate of 92 local areas in Gorse Hill and Pinehurst , and the 254th highest crime rate of 728 local areas in Swindon .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Trowbridge Close (SN2 5BX) in the last 12 months was 74.8 per 1,000 residents and was 16.5% lower 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 600.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 38.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -81.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Trowbridge Close (SN2 5BX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Newton Way, where police recorded 34 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Pewsham Road (18 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Cricklade Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wilcot Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cricklade Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Queensfield | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Merton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | A4311 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairford Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cricklade Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Somerford Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Somerford Close | Under investigation |
| 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Rockdown Court | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lacock Road | Under investigation |
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