Total Crime Rate
163.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
90.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Thornbridge Avenue area has the 7th highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Liden, Eldene and Park South , and the 91st highest crime rate of 728 local areas in Swindon .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Thornbridge Avenue (SN3 2BS) in the last 12 months was 163.3 per 1,000 residents and was 114.3% higher than the Liden, Eldene and Park South average (76.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 46.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 90.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Thornbridge Avenue (SN3 2BS), the main crime hotspot is near Trinity Close. Police recorded 35 crimes here, including 27 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Liden, Eldene and Park South| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Charfield Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Henley Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grantley Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Eaton Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eaton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eaton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eaton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eaton Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Henley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingsway Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Berrington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Berrington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Trentham Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trinity Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trinity Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Trentham Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Culpepper Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wardley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingsway Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Grantley Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Charfield Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colston Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Colston Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Eaton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Colston Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Colston Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Grantley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Kingsway Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Eaton Close | — |
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