Total Crime Rate

130.3 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

72.7 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 130.3 8/10
  • Violent crimes 72.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 54.6 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 15.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.1 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.1 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 9.1 10/10
  • Public order 9.1 7/10
  • Drugs 6.1 6/10
  • Other theft 6.1 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.0 3/10
  • Burglary 3.0 2/10
  • Other crime 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

Cricklade Road area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 93 local areas in Gorse Hill and Pinehurst , and the 130th 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 130.3 per 1,000 residents and was 44.5% 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 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 72.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 26.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.6% 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 77 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St Paul'S Street (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Cricklade Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/42)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Colbourne Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Elmina Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Handel Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Handel Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Beatrice Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Caulfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Suffolk Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mervyn Webb Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mervyn Webb Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Mervyn Webb Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Mervyn Webb Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Elmina Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Elmina Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Elmina Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hinton Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Avening Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Colbourne Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Carpenters Lane Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Carpenters Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Handel Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Amber Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Sports/Recreation Area —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Colbourne Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Colbourne Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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