Crime Rates at Hook, Swindon, SN4 8EA

This area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 38 local areas in Lyneham , and the 177th highest crime rate of 1,622 local areas in Wiltshire .

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 This (SN4 8EA) in the last 12 months was 127.9 per 1,000 residents and was 504.1% higher than the Lyneham average (21.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -85.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 40 (≈ 71.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 29.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around postcode SN4 8EA, the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bolingbroke Close, where police recorded 3 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hook Street (2 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.