Total Crime Rate

84.6 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 84.6 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 33.4 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.1 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.1 7/10
  • Public order 6.7 6/10
  • Shoplifting 4.5 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.5 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.2 1/10
  • Burglary 2.2 1/10
  • Other crime 2.2 1/10
  • Other theft 2.2 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.2 1/10
  • Robbery 2.2 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Elmina 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.

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Crime Over Time in Elmina Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Gladstone Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bathurst Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft County Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order County Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime County Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences County Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences County Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences County Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Graham Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Rosebery Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bathurst Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Corporation Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bathurst Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Graham Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Colbourne Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Handel Street
Sep 2025Drugs Handel Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Handel Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Handel Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Colbourne Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Mervyn Webb Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mervyn Webb Place
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Amber Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Amber Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Colbourne Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Colbourne Street
Sep 2025Drugs County Road Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation

Data Sources

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