Total Crime Rate
7.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
7.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Dunbar Road area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 109 local areas in Chiseldon and Lawn , and the 23rd lowest crime rate of 728 local areas in Swindon .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Dunbar Road (SN4 9DS) in the last 12 months was 7.6 per 1,000 residents and was 88.8% lower than the Chiseldon and Lawn average (67.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 7.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dunbar Road (SN4 9DS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Inverary Road, where police recorded 12 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Kerrs Way (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Boness Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Inverary Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Perry'S Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Inverary Road | Under investigation |
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