Total Crime Rate

125.4 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

92.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 125.4 8/10
  • Violent crimes 92.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 80.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.9 6/10
  • Public order 11.9 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.0 7/10
  • Other crime 6.0 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.0 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Sanders Close area has the 24th highest crime rate of 93 local areas in Gorse Hill and Pinehurst , and the 137th 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 125.4 per 1,000 residents and was 39.0% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 92.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 235.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sanders Close (SN2 7AE), the main crime hotspot is near Sanders Close. Police recorded 38 crimes here, including 31 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

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Sanders Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Coronel Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pinnock'S Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sanders Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sanders Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sanders Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sanders Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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