Total Crime Rate
142.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
52.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Maxwell Street area has the 28th highest crime rate of 96 local areas in Central , and the 117th highest crime rate of 728 local areas in Swindon .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Maxwell Street (SN1 5DR) in the last 12 months was 142.9 per 1,000 residents and was 41.8% lower than the Central average (245.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 52.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 27.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Maxwell Street (SN1 5DR), 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 Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Emlyn Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Milton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dryden Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dryden Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Dryden Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shelley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Dryden Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Dryden Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Milton Road | — |
| 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 |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Radnor Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Milton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Milton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Milton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Milton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dryden Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Dryden Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | William Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bristol Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Tennyson Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shelley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Radnor Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Curtis Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cambria Bridge Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Taunton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cambria Bridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Exeter Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Maxwell Street | — |
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