Crime Rate in St Andrews, ward

St Andrews has the 7th lowest crime rate of 20 wards in Swindon district and the 2969th lowest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South West), it has the 409th highest crime rate of 821 wards.

The overall crime rate in St Andrews in the last 12 months was 54.3 per 1,000 residents and was 36.6% lower than the Swindon district average (85.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, St Andrews’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 364 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , down -80.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 479 (≈ 23.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -14.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the St Andrews ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Abbotsbury Way, with 142 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Lady Lane (18 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.