Total Crime Rate

172.3 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 172.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 92.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 37.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.4 6/10
  • Drugs 8.4 8/10
  • Other theft 8.4 7/10
  • Public order 8.4 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.2 6/10
  • Burglary 4.2 5/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Tyneham Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Covingham and Dorcan , and the 86th 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 Tyneham Road (SN3 3PA) in the last 12 months was 172.3 per 1,000 residents and was 235.4% higher than the Covingham and Dorcan average (51.4 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 Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( 4.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 100.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Tyneham Road (SN3 3PA), the main crime hotspot is near Tyneham Road. Police recorded 38 crimes here, including 24 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Tyneham Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Old School Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Kilve Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Old School Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Tregantle Walk Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tyndale Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Purbeck Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tyneham Road
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Tyneham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Nyland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tyneham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tyndale Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Tyndale Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tyndale Gardens

Data Sources

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