Total Crime Rate

56.6 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 56.6 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 28.3 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.4 5/10
  • Public order 6.3 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.1 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.1 2/10
  • Other crime 3.1 3/10
  • Other theft 3.1 2/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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
  • Vehicle crime 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

Beechcroft Road area has the 36th lowest crime rate of 92 local areas in Gorse Hill and Pinehurst , and the 320th highest crime rate of 728 local areas in Swindon .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Beechcroft Road (SN2 7QD) in the last 12 months was 56.6 per 1,000 residents and was 36.8% lower 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 34.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 120.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Beechcroft Road (SN2 7QD), the main crime hotspot is near A4311. Police recorded 43 crimes here, including 19 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Beechcroft Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A4311 Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour A4311 —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beechcroft Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hermitage Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dores Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Philip'S Road —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Collingwood Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Calliope Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Merton Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Dores Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cricklade Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cricklade Road —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cricklade Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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