Total Crime Rate
235.7 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Inglesham Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 92 local areas in Gorse Hill and Pinehurst , and the 52nd 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 Inglesham Road (SN2 5DJ) in the last 12 months was 235.7 per 1,000 residents and was 163.2% higher than the Gorse Hill and Pinehurst average (89.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 28 (β 100.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 86.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 14.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Inglesham Road (SN2 5DJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Newton Way, where police recorded 34 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Oaksey Road (17 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Mendip Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Somerford Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Corsham Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Oaksey Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Corsham Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Somerford Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lacock Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Amberley Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Newton Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rockdown Court | β |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Penhill Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Penhill Drive | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fyfield Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairford Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mendip Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leigh Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Leigh Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Leigh Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Leigh Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Leigh Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stockton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Newton Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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