Total Crime Rate

99.3 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 99.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 28.4 6/10
  • Public order 17.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.2 8/10
  • Other theft 14.2 9/10
  • Shoplifting 10.6 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.1 4/10
  • Drugs 7.1 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Wharf Road area has the 20th highest crime rate of 108 local areas in Chiseldon and Lawn , and the 181st 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 Wharf Road (SN4 9LB) in the last 12 months was 99.3 per 1,000 residents and was 44.7% higher than the Chiseldon and Lawn average (68.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 46.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 62.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -15.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wharf Road (SN4 9LB), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 21 crimes here, including 11 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Wharf Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (12/12)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Coronation Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Zoar Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whalley Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lancaster Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour High Street —
Sep 2025Public order Hicks Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hicks Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Zoar Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kerrs Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Zoar Close —
Sep 2025Drugs Zoar Close Local resolution
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Data Sources

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