Total Crime Rate

26.5 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 26.5 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 11.4 3/10
  • Shoplifting 7.6 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.8 6/10
  • Other theft 3.8 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Burden Road area has the 22nd lowest crime rate of 108 local areas in Chiseldon and Lawn , and the 187th lowest crime rate of 728 local areas in Swindon .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Burden Road (SN25 2RN) in the last 12 months was 26.5 per 1,000 residents and was 61.4% lower than the Chiseldon and Lawn average (68.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 11.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 15.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Burden Road (SN25 2RN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Chatfield, where police recorded 18 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Barber Place (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Burden Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (5/5)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Kempe Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Newlyn Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Pearson Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Maizey Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newlyn Close Action to be taken by another organisation
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Data Sources

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