Total Crime Rate
163.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
88.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Sadler Walk area has the 6th highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Walcot and Park North , and the 89th 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 Sadler Walk (SN3 3AQ) in the last 12 months was 163.4 per 1,000 residents and was 55.5% 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 Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Public order ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 88.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sadler Walk (SN3 3AQ), the main crime hotspot is near Sussex Place. Police recorded 79 crimes here, including 24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Radclyffe Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Middleton Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashley Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shrewsbury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Caversham Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Caversham Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodside Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodside Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Darnley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Seymour Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Seymour Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sussex Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Radclyffe Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bilborough Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Dudley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dudley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bilborough Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Randolph Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ashley Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ashley Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sussex Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sussex Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Radclyffe Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sussex Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Somerville Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Somerville Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Somerville Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Somerville Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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