Total Crime Rate
100.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
60.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Milford Street area has the 40th highest crime rate of 96 local areas in Central , and the 185th highest crime rate of 728 local areas in Swindon .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Milford Street (SN1 1HL) in the last 12 months was 100.3 per 1,000 residents and was 59.1% lower than the Central average (245.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 60.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Milford Street (SN1 1HL), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 485 crimes here, including 169 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Swindon| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Volta Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Volta Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Volta Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Volta Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gordon Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gordon Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gordon Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gordon Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Catherine Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fleet Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Edgeware Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Queen Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Queen Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Queen Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Queen Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Queen Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Queen Street | — |
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