Total Crime Rate

122.9 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 122.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 34.4 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 27.0 8/10
  • Public order 14.7 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.3 8/10
  • Shoplifting 9.8 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 7.4 9/10
  • Drugs 7.4 7/10
  • Other theft 7.4 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.5 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Plymouth Street area has the 29th highest crime rate of 99 local areas in Central , and the 138th highest crime rate of 728 local areas in Swindon .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Plymouth Street (SN1 2LA) in the last 12 months was 122.9 per 1,000 residents and was 43.6% 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 49.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 42.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 36.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Plymouth Street (SN1 2LA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 85 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near County Road (33 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Plymouth Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Theft from the person Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Medgbury Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Southampton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bathurst Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bathurst Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bathurst Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Rosebery Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Medgbury Place Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Southampton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Westmorland Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime County Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Petrol Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime York Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Southampton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Southampton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Groundwell Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Portsmouth Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft County Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs County Road Further investigation is not in the public interest
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 2025Violence and sexual offences Plymouth Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Portsmouth Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Southampton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gambia Street
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Gambia Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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