Crime Rates at Melville Close, Swindon, SN3 3AD

Melville Close area has the 7th highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Walcot and Park North , and the 92nd 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 Melville Close (SN3 3AD) in the last 12 months was 166.7 per 1,000 residents and was 61.0% 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 360.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 91.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 366.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Melville Close (SN3 3AD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 93 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sussex Place (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.