Total Crime Rate

42.7 per 1,000 4/10 Β· Low

All offences Β· 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 42.7 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 32.0 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.7 1/10
  • Other theft 2.7 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.7 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.7 1/10
  • 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
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Woodside Avenue area has the 31st lowest crime rate of 99 local areas in Central , and the 309th 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 Woodside Avenue (SN3 1DU) in the last 12 months was 42.7 per 1,000 residents and was 80.4% lower than the Central average (217.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (β‰ˆ 32.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Woodside Avenue (SN3 1DU), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Woodside Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour South View Avenue β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Randolph Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Radclyffe Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Radclyffe Close Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Radclyffe Close β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Radclyffe Close β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Caversham Close β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Caversham Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Caversham Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Caversham Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Caversham Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Randolph Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Caversham Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hatton Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Knollys Close β€”
Sep 2025Robbery Dudley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sussex Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dudley Road β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dudley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Dudley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Knollys Close β€”

Data Sources

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