Crime Rates at Cricklade Road, Swindon, SN2 8AB

Cricklade Road area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 92 local areas in Gorse Hill and Pinehurst , and the 129th highest crime rate of 728 local areas in Swindon .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Cricklade Road (SN2 8AB) in the last 12 months was 133.3 per 1,000 residents and was 48.9% 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 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 78.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 24.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cricklade Road (SN2 8AB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Colbourne Street, where police recorded 60 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mervyn Webb Place (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.