Total Crime Rate
68.6 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Fonthill Walk area has the 49th highest crime rate of 99 local areas in Central , and the 277th highest 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 Fonthill Walk (SN3 1AQ) in the last 12 months was 68.6 per 1,000 residents and was 68.5% lower than the Central average (217.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (β 32.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Fonthill Walk (SN3 1AQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 93 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sussex Place (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | South View Avenue | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Caversham Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Radclyffe Close | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Radclyffe Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Caversham Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Caversham Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Caversham Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Caversham Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Caversham Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Radclyffe Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Dudley Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Dudley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Dudley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dudley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Darnley Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Randolph Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Randolph Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Radclyffe Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hatton Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | β |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Lennox Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Beaumont Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lennox Drive | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Knollys Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Knollys Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Beaumont Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sussex Place | Under investigation |
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