Total Crime Rate
121.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
82.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Shelley Street area has the 32nd highest crime rate of 96 local areas in Central , and the 144th 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 Shelley Street (SN1 3PE) in the last 12 months was 121.1 per 1,000 residents and was 50.7% 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 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 82.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 2.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Shelley Street (SN1 3PE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Milton Road, where police recorded 63 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (35 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 | Cambria Bridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Milton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Radnor Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Maxwell Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Maxwell Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Maxwell Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Milton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Milton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Milton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Maxwell Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Maxwell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Maxwell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maxwell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Milton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Deacon Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Deacon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Milton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Radnor Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Milton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Milton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cambria Bridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cambria Bridge Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shelley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | William Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | William Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Tennyson Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tennyson Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Nightclub | Under investigation |
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