Crime Rates at Leigh Road, Swindon, SN2 5DE

Leigh Road area has the 40th highest crime rate of 92 local areas in Gorse Hill and Pinehurst , and the 201st highest crime rate of 728 local areas in Swindon .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Leigh Road (SN2 5DE) in the last 12 months was 91.9 per 1,000 residents and was 2.6% higher 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 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 58.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Leigh Road (SN2 5DE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Durrington Walk, where police recorded 90 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Downton Road (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.