Total Crime Rate
250.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
148.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Paddock Close area has the 5th highest crime rate of 146 local areas in Priory Vale , and the 47th 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 Paddock Close (SN25 1QL) in the last 12 months was 250.0 per 1,000 residents and was 375.6% higher than the Priory Vale average (52.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 3 cases , down -40.0% compared to 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Criminal damage and arson ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 148.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Paddock Close (SN25 1QL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 35 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Haydon Court (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Haydon Wick| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pond Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Wicks Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Dewberry Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dewberry Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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