Total Crime Rate
517.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
131.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Newport Street area has the highest crime rate of 109 local areas in Chiseldon and Lawn , and the 11th 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 Newport Street (SN1 3DP) in the last 12 months was 517.5 per 1,000 residents and was 662.3% higher than the Chiseldon and Lawn average (67.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 58 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -18.8% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 131.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 28.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Newport Street (SN1 3DP), 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.
View Crime In Swindon| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Steeple View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Little London | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Albert Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Albert Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albert Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | B4006 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brock End | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | B4006 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albert Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hesketh Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hesketh Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | B4006 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Little London | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | B4006 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wood Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wood Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wood Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wood Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wood Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wood Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Queintin Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wood Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wood Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Albert Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | B4006 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | B4006 | — |
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