Total Crime Rate

137.3 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 137.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 98.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.9 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.0 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.0 8/10
  • Public order 6.0 5/10
  • Other crime 3.0 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.0 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Sanders Close area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 92 local areas in Gorse Hill and Pinehurst , and the 126th 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 Sanders Close (SN2 7AE) in the last 12 months was 137.3 per 1,000 residents and was 53.3% 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 33 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 110.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 255.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sanders Close (SN2 7AE), the main crime hotspot is near Sanders Close. Police recorded 43 crimes here, including 36 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Sanders Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sanders Close —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Pinnock'S Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pinnock'S Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Windbrook Meadow Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sanders Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sanders Close Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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