Crime Rates at Penhill Drive, Swindon, SN2 5LL

Penhill Drive area has the 12th highest crime rate of 92 local areas in Gorse Hill and Pinehurst , and the 69th 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 5LL) in the last 12 months was 195.3 per 1,000 residents and was 118.0% 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 41 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 45 (≈ 118.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 104.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Penhill Drive (SN2 5LL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Durrington Walk, where police recorded 90 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Allington Road (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.