Total Crime Rate
33.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
15.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Pearl Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 20 local areas in Shaw , and the 233rd lowest crime rate of 728 local areas in Swindon .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Pearl Road (SN5 5TE) in the last 12 months was 33.0 per 1,000 residents and was 20.8% lower than the Shaw average (41.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , 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 5 (≈ 15.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Pearl Road (SN5 5TE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Walter Close (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Shaw| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grandison Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Majestic Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Walter Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Walter Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Walter Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elm Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Roughmoor Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Caprice Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
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