Total Crime Rate
166.7 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Shrewsbury Road 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 Shrewsbury Road (SN3 3AH) 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 areaβs 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 (β 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 Shrewsbury Road (SN3 3AH), the main crime hotspot is near Burghley Close. Police recorded 50 crimes here, including 25 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Walcot and Park North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Frobisher Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bisley Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Burghley Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ashley Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ashley Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Ashley Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Ashley Close | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tudor Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Howard Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Frobisher Drive | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Middleton Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Woodhouse Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bisley Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodhouse Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Woodhouse Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bisley Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bisley Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Darnley Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Albany Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Albany Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Helston Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Tudor Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hunsdon Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Randolph Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Stuart Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Helston Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Helston Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Randolph Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Buckhurst Crescent | β |
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