Crime Statistics for Penhill, Broad Blunsdon, Swindon, 2024

There were a total of 161 street level crime incidents in Penhill in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Penhill, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	76
Anti Social Behaviour	17
Public Order	13
Shoplifting	12
Criminal Damage Arson	11
Other Theft	7
Burglary	6
Drugs	6
Possession Of Weapons	4
Other Crime	4
Theft From The Person	2
Bicycle Theft	1
Robbery	1
Vehicle Crime	1
All Crime	161

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Penhill. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Penhill

We've taken the ten nearest places to Penhill and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Penhill has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Gorse Hill (1.24 miles)	394
Pinehurst (0.62 miles)	183
Greenmeadow (0.88 miles)	170
Penhill	161
Blunsdon St Andrew (1.39 miles)	123
Moredon (1.39 miles)	102
Stratton St Margaret (1.39 miles)	95
Broad Blunsdon (1.24 miles)	54
Broadbush (1.24 miles)	54
Lower Blunsdon (1.96 miles)	21

Where are the most violent places near Penhill?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Penhill and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Gorse Hill	151
Pinehurst	89
Greenmeadow	82
Penhill	76
Blunsdon St Andrew	61
Moredon	42
Stratton St Margaret	41
Broad Blunsdon	25
Broadbush	25
Lower Blunsdon	8

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Penhill?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Penhill to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Penhill compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Penhill and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Penhill is ranked #5.

#	Ward	Score
1	Walcot and Park North	88
2	Central	85
3	Gorse Hill and Pinehurst	82
4	Eastcott	82
5	Penhill and Upper Stratton	70
6	Rodbourne Cheney	67
7	Mannington and Western	60
8	St Margaret and South Marston	50
9	Haydon Wick	47
10	St Andrews	45
11	Priory Vale	41

Which road in Penhill has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Penhill with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Arkwright Road.