Total Crime Rate

121.1 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

82.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 121.1 8/10
  • Violent crimes 82.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 67.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.5 7/10
  • Other theft 10.3 8/10
  • Public order 10.3 7/10
  • Other crime 5.2 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.2 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.2 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.6 2/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Fairview 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 Fairview (SN1 3PP) 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 Fairview (SN1 3PP), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 63 crimes here, including 35 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Fairview area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Drugs Dryden Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Stafford Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Maxwell Street
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Maxwell Street
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Maxwell Street
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Maxwell Street
Apr 2026Drugs Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Farnsby Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Maxwell Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Maxwell Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Maxwell Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Farnsby Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Farnsby Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Farnsby Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Whitehead Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Whitehead Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Curtis Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Maxwell Street
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Milton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Deacon Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences William Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Tennyson Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Tennyson Street
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Milton Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Kent Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Maidstone Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Milton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Milton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Milton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Milton Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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