Crime Rates at Drove Road, Swindon, SN1 3AU

Drove Road area has the 20th highest crime rate of 96 local areas in Central , and the 63rd highest crime rate of 728 local areas in Swindon .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Drove Road (SN1 3AU) in the last 12 months was 208.1 per 1,000 residents and was 15.2% 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 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Anti-social behaviour ( -37.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 121.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Drove Road (SN1 3AU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near High Street, where police recorded 102 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wood Street (72 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.