Crime Rates at Penhill Drive, Swindon, SN2 5JF

Penhill Drive area has the 6th highest crime rate of 93 local areas in Gorse Hill and Pinehurst , and the 49th 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 Penhill Drive (SN2 5JF) in the last 12 months was 242.1 per 1,000 residents and was 168.4% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 150.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 87.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Penhill Drive (SN2 5JF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Durrington Walk, where police recorded 70 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Alton Close (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.