Total Crime Rate
84.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Elmina Road area has the 40th highest crime rate of 99 local areas in Central , and the 217th 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 Elmina Road (SN1 2BQ) in the last 12 months was 84.6 per 1,000 residents and was 61.1% lower than the Central average (217.8 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 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -6.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 44.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Elmina Road (SN1 2BQ), the main crime hotspot is near County Road. Police recorded 66 crimes here, including 33 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Gladstone Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bathurst Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | County Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | County Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | County Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | County Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | County Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | County Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Graham Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Rosebery Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bathurst Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Corporation Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bathurst Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Graham Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Colbourne Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Handel Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Handel Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Handel Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Handel Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Colbourne Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Mervyn Webb Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Mervyn Webb Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Amber Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Amber Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Colbourne Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Colbourne Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | County Road | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
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