Total Crime Rate
150.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Ashley Close area has the 10th highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Walcot and Park North , and the 111th highest crime rate of 728 local areas in Swindon .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Ashley Close (SN3 3AP) in the last 12 months was 150.7 per 1,000 residents and was 45.6% 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 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 75.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 190.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -75.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ashley Close (SN3 3AP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 93 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Burghley Close (25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Burghley Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Radclyffe Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tudor Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Tudor Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tudor Walk | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Ashley Close | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Ashley Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ashley Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ashley Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hatton Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dudley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Dudley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Dudley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Dudley Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Radclyffe Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Burghley Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Radclyffe Close | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Radclyffe Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Randolph Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Randolph Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Douglas Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Douglas Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Caversham Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Caversham Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Caversham Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Caversham Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Caversham Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Caversham Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Darnley Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Tudor Walk | Under investigation |
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