Total Crime Rate

56.6 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 56.6 5/10
  • Shoplifting 24.9 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 13.6 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.5 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.5 7/10
  • Public order 4.5 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.3 1/10
  • Drugs 2.3 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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 42nd lowest crime rate of 99 local areas in Central , and the 321st highest crime rate of 728 local areas in Swindon .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Plymouth Street (SN1 2LD) in the last 12 months was 56.6 per 1,000 residents and was 74.0% lower than the Central average (217.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -68.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 22.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -37.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 139.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Plymouth Street (SN1 2LD), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 104 crimes here, including 62 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Plymouth Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Spring Close
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bathurst Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Groundwell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Gladstone Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Salisbury Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Medgbury Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Medgbury Place Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Public order Graham Street 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 Bathurst Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Groundwell Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beckhampton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beckhampton Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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