Total Crime Rate
121.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
82.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Fairview 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.
View Crime In Swindon| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Dryden Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Stafford 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Maxwell Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Farnsby Street | Under investigation |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Farnsby Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Farnsby Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Farnsby Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitehead Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitehead Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Curtis Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Maxwell Street | — |
| 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 | 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Milton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kent Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maidstone Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Milton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Milton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Milton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Milton Road | Under investigation |
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