Total Crime Rate
106.5 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Union Street area has the 33rd highest crime rate of 99 local areas in Central , and the 168th 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 Union Street (SN1 3LD) in the last 12 months was 106.5 per 1,000 residents and was 51.1% lower than the Central average (217.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 24 (β 62.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -27.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Union Street (SN1 3LD), the main crime hotspot is near Wood Street. Police recorded 115 crimes here, including 78 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wood Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rolleston Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Eastcott Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Eastcott Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Eastcott Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wood Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Wood Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wood Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bradford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bradford Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cricklade Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Dover Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wood Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wood Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wood Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | King William Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wood Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wood Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | North Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Little London | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Little London | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Belle Vue Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Belle Vue Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Union Row | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cannon Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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