Total Crime Rate

241.6 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 241.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 98.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 49.4 10/10
  • Shoplifting 20.8 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.6 9/10
  • Public order 13.0 8/10
  • Other theft 10.4 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.4 8/10
  • Burglary 7.8 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.2 7/10
  • Drugs 5.2 6/10
  • Robbery 2.6 2/10
  • Theft from the person 2.6 2/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Cricklade Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 92 local areas in Gorse Hill and Pinehurst , and the 50th 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 Cricklade Road (SN2 8AG) in the last 12 months was 241.6 per 1,000 residents and was 169.7% 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 38 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 44 (≈ 114.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cricklade Road (SN2 8AG), the main crime hotspot is near Mervyn Webb Place. Police recorded 36 crimes here, including 23 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Cricklade Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (28/28)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mervyn Webb Place —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Chapel Street —
Sep 2025Public order Suffolk Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Carpenters Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Avening Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tydeman Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Handel Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Handel Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Handel Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Handel Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Paul'S Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft St Paul'S Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Malvern Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Chapel Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tydeman Street Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Norman Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Mervyn Webb Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hinton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Norman Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Norman Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Norman Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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