Total Crime Rate

86.9 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

40.1 per 1,000 7/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 86.9 7/10
  • Violent crimes 40.1 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 33.4 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.9 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.9 7/10
  • Drugs 4.5 5/10
  • Other theft 4.5 4/10
  • Public order 4.5 4/10
  • Burglary 2.2 1/10
  • Other crime 2.2 1/10
  • Robbery 2.2 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.2 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Gladstone Street area has the 45th highest crime rate of 96 local areas in Central , and the 215th 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 Gladstone Street (SN1 2AY) in the last 12 months was 86.9 per 1,000 residents and was 64.6% 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -21.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 40.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Gladstone Street (SN1 2AY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Beatrice Street, where police recorded 39 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Volta Road (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Gladstone Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Elmina Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Suffolk Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lagos Street
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lagos Street
Apr 2026Drugs Lagos Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Elmina Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Elmina Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Elmina Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Volta Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Robbery Volta Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Volta Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Handel Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Handel Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Gooch Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Beatrice Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Beatrice Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Handel Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Ponting Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Manchester Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Manchester Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Medgbury Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Volta Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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