Total Crime Rate
261.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
179.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Augusta Close area has the 4th highest crime rate of 146 local areas in Priory Vale , and the 44th 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 Augusta Close (SN25 2DB) in the last 12 months was 261.2 per 1,000 residents and was 396.9% 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 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -42.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 179.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Augusta Close (SN25 2DB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Eyre Close, where police recorded 20 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Birkdale Close (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Swindon| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Friday Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Friday Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Markova Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Braxton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Braxton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Braxton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Birkdale Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eyre Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eyre Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Birkdale Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birkdale Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birkdale Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Dunvant Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birkdale Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Prospero Way | — |
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