Total Crime Rate
122.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
41.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ironstone Close area has the 16th highest crime rate of 146 local areas in Priory Vale , and the 142nd 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 Ironstone Close (SN25 2EQ) in the last 12 months was 122.0 per 1,000 residents and was 132.0% higher than the Priory Vale average (52.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -5.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 41.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ironstone Close (SN25 2EQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Truscott Avenue, where police recorded 15 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Redhouse Gardens (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Swindon| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dolina Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Denby Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Vistula Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Mazurek Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holst Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Zakopane Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mazurek Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Fitkin Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Truscott Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Truscott Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Artus Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eastbury Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Spode Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Piernik Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hebden Close | Under investigation |
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