Total Crime Rate
155.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
102.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Kingswood Avenue area has the 8th highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Walcot and Park North , and the 100th 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 Kingswood Avenue (SN3 2RF) in the last 12 months was 155.1 per 1,000 residents and was 47.6% higher 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 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 102.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -78.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kingswood Avenue (SN3 2RF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Helston Road, where police recorded 43 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Welcombe Avenue (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Walcot and Park North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Welcombe Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Buckhurst Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Buckhurst Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Buckhurst Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Welcombe Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Helston Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Helston Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Buckland Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dulverton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hunsdon Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Welcombe Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Malmesbury Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Buckhurst Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Axbridge Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Draycott Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Courtenay Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Draycott Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bentley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Welcombe Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Naunton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Buckhurst Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jonson Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bodmin Close | — |
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