Total Crime Rate
125.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
92.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Sanders 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.
View Crime In Swindon| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sanders Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coronel Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pinnock'S Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sanders Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sanders Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sanders Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sanders Close | Under investigation |
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