Total Crime Rate
5.5 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
2.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Eastern Avenue area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 96 local areas in Central , and the 10th 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 Eastern Avenue (SN3 1AE) in the last 12 months was 5.5 per 1,000 residents and was 97.8% lower than the Central average (245.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 1 (β 2.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -80.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Eastern Avenue (SN3 1AE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sussex Place, where police recorded 79 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cumberland Road (34 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Walcot and Park North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Walcot Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sussex Place | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Somerville Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Somerville Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Beaumont Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodside Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodside Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Seymour Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Knollys Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Knollys Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sussex Place | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sussex Place | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sussex Place | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sussex Place | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sussex Place | β |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Somerville Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sussex Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Seymour Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lennox Drive | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lennox Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Calvert Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sussex Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sussex Place | β |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Radclyffe Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Radclyffe Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Radclyffe Close | Under investigation |
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