Postcode sector · Swindon
Crime in SN2 8
How much crime is recorded in SN2 8, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Council
- Swindon
- Region
- South West
- Population
- 5,650 (2024)
How safe is SN2 8
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 24.5 offences per 1,000 people a year in SN2 8, below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 5 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
5/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
24.5
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
52
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Recorded offences per 1,000 people a year (counting both residents and people who work locally, or per 1,000 households for burglary).
SN2 8National
Violence and sexual offences17.023.6
Burglary9.59.1
Anti-social behaviour9.410.7
Shoplifting5.28.4
Vehicle crime4.73.5
Public order4.44.6
Criminal damage and arson3.14.7
Other theft1.84.5
Drugs1.72.4
Bicycle theft1.31.0
Other crime1.11.5
Robbery0.71.4
Possession of weapons0.70.9
Theft from the person0.42.1
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.
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Postcodes in this sector
- SN2 8AA
- SN2 8AB
- SN2 8AD
- SN2 8AF
- SN2 8AG
- SN2 8AH
- SN2 8AJ
- SN2 8AL
- SN2 8AN
- SN2 8AR
- SN2 8AS
- SN2 8AT
- SN2 8AU
- SN2 8AW
- SN2 8AX
- SN2 8AY
- SN2 8AZ
- SN2 8BB
- SN2 8BD
- SN2 8BE
- SN2 8BG
- SN2 8BH
- SN2 8BL
- SN2 8BN
- SN2 8BP
- SN2 8BQ
- SN2 8BS
- SN2 8BT
- SN2 8BU
- SN2 8BW
- SN2 8BX
- SN2 8BY
- SN2 8BZ
- SN2 8DA
- SN2 8DD
- SN2 8DE
- SN2 8DF
- SN2 8DG
- SN2 8DH
- SN2 8DJ
- SN2 8DL
- SN2 8DN
- SN2 8DP
- SN2 8DQ
- SN2 8DR
- SN2 8DS
- SN2 8DT
- SN2 8DW