Crime Rates at Chester Street, Swindon, SN1 5DX

Chester Street area has the 25th highest crime rate of 99 local areas in Central , and the 101st 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 Chester Street (SN1 5DX) in the last 12 months was 156.4 per 1,000 residents and was 28.2% lower than the Central average (217.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 185.7% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 61.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 175.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Chester Street (SN1 5DX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Queen Street, where police recorded 142 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (67 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.