Total Crime Rate
54.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
34.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bilborough Drive area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 21 local areas in Walcot and Park North , and the 336th 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 Bilborough Drive (SN3 2GZ) in the last 12 months was 54.5 per 1,000 residents and was 48.2% lower than the Walcot and Park North average (105.1 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 Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 34.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bilborough Drive (SN3 2GZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Helston Road, where police recorded 43 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Caversham Close (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Swindon| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingsway Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Burghley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Colston Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Colston Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colston Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bilborough Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen'S Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bilborough Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Culpepper Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Kingsway Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingsway Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Randolph Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Helston Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Welbeck Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Welbeck Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Helston Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Colston Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albany Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bisley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shrewsbury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Caxton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Caversham Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Caversham Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albany Close | Under investigation |
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