Total Crime Rate

103.3 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 103.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 54.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 19.0 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.3 9/10
  • Public order 5.4 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.4 5/10
  • Other theft 2.7 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • 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
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

Nyland Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Covingham and Dorcan , and the 173rd 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 Nyland Road (SN3 3RD) in the last 12 months was 103.3 per 1,000 residents and was 101.0% 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 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 500.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 59.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 450.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Nyland Road (SN3 3RD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 60 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Tyneham Road (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Nyland Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tyneham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Nyland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Tregantle Walk Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tyneham Road —
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Tyneham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Purbeck Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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