Total Crime Rate
35.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
25.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Salisbury Street area has the 20th lowest crime rate of 96 local areas in Central , and the 254th lowest crime rate of 728 local areas in Swindon .
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 Salisbury Street (SN1 2AN) in the last 12 months was 35.3 per 1,000 residents and was 85.6% 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 25.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -83.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Salisbury Street (SN1 2AN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Spring Close, where police recorded 79 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near County Road (46 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Amber Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Spring Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Volta Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Volta Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elmina Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elmina Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Medgbury Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Ponting Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newcastle Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Amber Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Spring Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Spring Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Volta Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Spring Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Spring Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Spring Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bathurst Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bathurst Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bathurst Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Manchester Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Manchester Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | County Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Volta Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spring Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elmina Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lagos Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Spring Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Spring Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Spring Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Spring Gardens | — |
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