Total Crime Rate

63.4 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

20.0 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

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 63.4 6/10
  • Violent crimes 20.0 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.7 7/10
  • Public order 10.0 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 10.0 3/10
  • Drugs 6.7 7/10
  • Other theft 5.0 5/10
  • Theft from the person 5.0 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.3 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 1.7 1/10
  • Burglary 1.7 1/10
  • Other crime 1.7 1/10
  • Shoplifting 1.7 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Broad Street area has the 43rd lowest crime rate of 96 local areas in Central , and the 286th highest crime rate of 728 local areas in Swindon .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Broad Street (SN1 2DR) in the last 12 months was 63.4 per 1,000 residents and was 74.2% lower than the Central average (245.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 20.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Broad Street (SN1 2DR), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 153 crimes here, including 95 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Broad Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/69)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Spring Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bathurst Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Spring Close —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Spring Close —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Spring Close —
Apr 2026Robbery Merton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Spring Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Spring Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lagos Street —
Apr 2026Other theft Bathurst Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bathurst Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Spring Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Beckhampton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Beckhampton Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Beckhampton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Beckhampton Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Princes Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Princes Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Princes Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Princes Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Merton Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Newcastle Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Carfax Close —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Gordon Gardens —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Spring Gardens —
Apr 2026Public order Elmina Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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