Total Crime Rate
48.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
28.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Swallow Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 29 local areas in Bourton Vale , and the 102nd highest crime rate of 307 local areas in Cotswold .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Swallow Road (GL54 2RW) in the last 12 months was 48.0 per 1,000 residents and was 21.8% higher than the Bourton Vale average (39.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 2 cases , 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 12 (≈ 28.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Swallow Road (GL54 2RW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Folly Field, where police recorded 15 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Kings Meadow (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
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