Total Crime Rate
228.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
122.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Chickerell Road area has the highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Liden, Eldene and Park South , and the 52nd 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 Chickerell Road (SN3 2RH) in the last 12 months was 228.5 per 1,000 residents and was 199.8% 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 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 88.9% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 122.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 76.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Chickerell Road (SN3 2RH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Helston Road, where police recorded 43 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bisley Close (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Swindon| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Buckhurst Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shrewsbury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bodmin Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Malmesbury Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Axbridge Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Naunton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Courtenay Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Buckhurst Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Buckhurst Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Buckhurst Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Buckhurst Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Burghley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jonson Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Draycott Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hunsdon Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Draycott Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albany Close | Under investigation |
| 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 | Bisley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albany Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ken Savage Close | Under investigation |
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