Total Crime Rate

99.5 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 99.5 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 31.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 31.4 7/10
  • Public order 13.1 8/10
  • Burglary 10.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.2 4/10
  • Other crime 2.6 2/10
  • Other theft 2.6 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.6 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Welcombe Avenue area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 21 local areas in Walcot and Park North , and the 180th 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 Welcombe Avenue (SN3 2QP) in the last 12 months was 99.5 per 1,000 residents and was 3.9% lower 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 Anti-social behaviour with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 47.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -2.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Welcombe Avenue (SN3 2QP), the main crime hotspot is near Welcombe Avenue. Police recorded 31 crimes here, including 18 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Welcombe Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (15/15)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Ringwood Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ringwood Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Old School Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Old School Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Kilve Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lyndhurst Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ringwood Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bentley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bentley Close —
Sep 2025Robbery Lyndhurst Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Welcombe Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Radstock Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Ringwood Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kenton Close —
Sep 2025Other crime Fareham Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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