Total Crime Rate
50.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
28.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026South View Avenue area has the 34th lowest crime rate of 96 local areas in Central , and the 362nd 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 South View Avenue (SN3 1EA) in the last 12 months was 50.5 per 1,000 residents and was 79.4% lower than the Central average (245.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 28.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around South View Avenue (SN3 1EA), 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodside Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Thurlestone Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cumberland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cumberland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sussex Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sussex Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sussex Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Knollys Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sussex Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sussex Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sussex Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sussex Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Calvert Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cumberland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sussex Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sussex Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Knollys Close | — |
| 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 | Sports/Recreation Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Seymour Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Seymour Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodside Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cumberland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cumberland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cumberland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cumberland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alvescot Road | Under investigation |
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