Crime Rates at Penhill Drive, Swindon, SN2 5EY

Penhill Drive area has the 33rd highest crime rate of 92 local areas in Gorse Hill and Pinehurst , and the 166th 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 Penhill Drive (SN2 5EY) in the last 12 months was 107.3 per 1,000 residents and was 19.8% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -8.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 55.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 23.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Penhill Drive (SN2 5EY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Alton Close, where police recorded 35 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.