Crime Rates at Drove Road, Swindon, SN1 3AE

Drove Road area has the 47th highest crime rate of 99 local areas in Central , and the 267th 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 Drove Road (SN1 3AE) in the last 12 months was 71.4 per 1,000 residents and was 67.2% 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 Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 41.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Drove Road (SN1 3AE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 85 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parklands Road (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.