Total Crime Rate
49.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
27.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Conan Doyle Walk area has the 20th highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Covingham and Dorcan , and the 352nd lowest crime rate of 728 local areas in Swindon .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Conan Doyle Walk (SN3 6JD) in the last 12 months was 49.5 per 1,000 residents and was 6.5% lower than the Covingham and Dorcan average (52.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 27.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Conan Doyle Walk (SN3 6JD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Grundys, where police recorded 62 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Galsworthy Close (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Covingham and Dorcan| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grundys | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Galsworthy Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Galsworthy Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grundys | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Grundys | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Grundys | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Grundys | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Grundys | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Grundys | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Grundys | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Grundys | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grundys | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dickens Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Dickens Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windermere | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Galsworthy Close | — |
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