Total Crime Rate

45.3 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 45.3 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.9 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 13.9 4/10
  • Public order 7.0 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.5 3/10
  • Drugs 3.5 4/10
  • Other theft 3.5 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Pickford Way area has the 65th highest crime rate of 145 local areas in Priory Vale , and the 333rd lowest crime rate of 728 local areas in Swindon .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Pickford Way (SN25 4ZD) in the last 12 months was 45.3 per 1,000 residents and was 16.0% lower than the Priory Vale average (53.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 20.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -82.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Pickford Way (SN25 4ZD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hugo Drive, where police recorded 34 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Latton Close (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Pickford Way area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Emerson Close
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Colman Park Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Melksham Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Melksham Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Melksham Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Melksham Close
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wynwards Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Holliday Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Northbourne Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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