Total Crime Rate
86.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
40.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Gladstone 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.
View Crime In Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Elmina Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Suffolk Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lagos Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lagos Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Lagos Street | 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 | Elmina Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Volta Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Volta Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Volta Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Handel Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Handel Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Gooch Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Beatrice Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Beatrice Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Handel Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Ponting Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Manchester Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Manchester Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Medgbury Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Volta Road | Under investigation |
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