Total Crime Rate

31.7 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 31.7 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 18.1 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.5 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.5 7/10
  • Public order 4.5 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 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
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Emerald Crescent area has the 32nd lowest crime rate of 108 local areas in Chiseldon and Lawn , and the 226th lowest crime rate of 728 local areas in Swindon .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Emerald Crescent (SN25 2SN) in the last 12 months was 31.7 per 1,000 residents and was 53.9% 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 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 27.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -8.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Emerald Crescent (SN25 2SN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Diamond Crescent, where police recorded 34 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sapphire Road (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Emerald Crescent area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sapphire Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Minerva Heights Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sapphire Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sapphire Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Renoir Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sapphire Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sapphire Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Diamond Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Diamond Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Garnet Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Lady Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rubens Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Minerva Heights
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sapphire Road

Data Sources

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