Crime Rates at Drove Road, Swindon, SN1 3AE

Drove Road area has the 30th highest crime rate of 96 local areas in Central , and the 126th 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 Drove Road (SN1 3AE) in the last 12 months was 131.9 per 1,000 residents and was 46.3% lower than the Central average (245.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 38 (≈ 104.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 137.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.4% 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 122 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cumberland Road (34 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.