Total Crime Rate
84.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Groundwell Road area has the 41st highest crime rate of 99 local areas in Central , and the 218th 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 Groundwell Road (SN1 2LZ) in the last 12 months was 84.3 per 1,000 residents and was 61.3% lower than the Central average (217.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 26.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -36.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Groundwell Road (SN1 2LZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 85 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Petrol Station (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Southampton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Groundwell Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Westmorland Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Westmorland Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | York Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Groundwell Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Groundwell Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Portsmouth Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Southampton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Plymouth Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beckhampton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beckhampton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beckhampton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Beckhampton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Portsmouth Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Beckhampton Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Southampton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Southampton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Southampton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Southampton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Southampton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Gambia Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gambia Street | — |
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