Total Crime Rate
283.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Thames Avenue area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 145 local areas in Priory Vale , and the 35th 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 Thames Avenue (SN25 1QQ) in the last 12 months was 283.8 per 1,000 residents and was 426.3% higher than the Priory Vale average (53.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 600.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 121.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -4.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Thames Avenue (SN25 1QQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 63 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Haydon Court (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Priory Vale| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brookdene | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Haydon Court | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Haydon Court | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Haydon Court | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Haydon Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Paddock Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | High Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Furlong Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brookdene | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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