Total Crime Rate

738.7 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 738.7 10/10
  • Shoplifting 587.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 60.3 9/10
  • Public order 35.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 30.2 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.0 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.0 4/10
  • Drugs 5.0 6/10
  • Robbery 5.0 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.0 5/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Hathaway Road area has the highest crime rate of 92 local areas in Gorse Hill and Pinehurst , and the 4th highest crime rate of 728 local areas in Swindon .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Hathaway Road (SN2 7TX) in the last 12 months was 738.7 per 1,000 residents and was 724.8% 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 Shoplifting with 117 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 138.8% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 100.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 13.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hathaway Road (SN2 7TX), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 131 crimes here, including 7 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Hathaway Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brooks Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dukes Close —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beechcroft Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Philip'S Road —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
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Data Sources

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