Total Crime Rate

244.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 244.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 114.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 48.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.3 9/10
  • Public order 16.3 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 10.9 9/10
  • Other theft 10.9 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 10.9 10/10
  • Drugs 5.4 6/10
  • Other crime 5.4 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.4 5/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Tavistock Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Walcot and Park North , and the 49th highest crime rate of 728 local areas in Swindon .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Tavistock Road (SN3 2QE) in the last 12 months was 244.6 per 1,000 residents and was 136.3% higher than the Walcot and Park North average (103.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 141.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 18.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Tavistock Road (SN3 2QE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Welcombe Avenue, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Tyndale Gardens (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Tavistock Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lyndhurst Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Honiton Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Radstock Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Welcombe Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tyndale Gardens
Sep 2025Public order Tyndale Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tyndale Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tyndale Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Fareham Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kenton Close
Sep 2025Robbery Kilve Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Redruth Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Redruth Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Redruth Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Old School Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Redruth Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Old School Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Lyndhurst Crescent Under investigation

Data Sources

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