Total Crime Rate
22.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
17.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hebden Close area has the 39th lowest crime rate of 146 local areas in Priory Vale , and the 137th lowest crime rate of 728 local areas in Swindon .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Hebden Close (SN25 2LS) in the last 12 months was 22.7 per 1,000 residents and was 56.9% lower 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 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 17.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hebden Close (SN25 2LS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Britten Road, where police recorded 18 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Truscott Avenue (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 | Public order | Delius Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Vistula Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Truscott Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holst Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Purcell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Britten Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Britten Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Britten Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Fitkin Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Britten Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Britten Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hebden Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Spode Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Denby Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Addinsell Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Truscott Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Vaughan Williams Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eastbury Way | Under investigation |
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