Total Crime Rate

80.2 per 1,000 7/10 · High

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 80.2 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 40.1 8/10
  • Other crime 8.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.4 3/10
  • Burglary 5.4 6/10
  • Other theft 5.4 5/10
  • Robbery 5.4 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.7 1/10
  • Drugs 2.7 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.7 2/10
  • Public order 2.7 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Shaftesbury Avenue area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 24 local areas in Liden, Eldene and Park South , and the 231st highest 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 Shaftesbury Avenue (SN3 2BE) in the last 12 months was 80.2 per 1,000 residents and was 4.9% higher than the Liden, Eldene and Park South average (76.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 50.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 26.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Shaftesbury Avenue (SN3 2BE), the main crime hotspot is near The Birches. Police recorded 57 crimes here, including 38 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Shaftesbury Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order The Birches Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Purley Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dalwood Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dalwood Close Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dalwood Close Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Studland Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Netherton Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Purley Avenue Under investigation
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Data Sources

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