Total Crime Rate
68.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Dean Street area has the 50th lowest crime rate of 99 local areas in Central , and the 278th highest crime rate of 728 local areas in Swindon .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Dean Street (SN1 5EP) in the last 12 months was 68.5 per 1,000 residents and was 68.6% 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 133.3% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 37.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 120.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dean Street (SN1 5EP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 101 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Petrol Station (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | B4289 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | George Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | B4289 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | B4289 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Nelson Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | B4289 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Dean Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Newburn Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Newburn Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Birch Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Turner Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Andover Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | The Moorings | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lynmouth Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bude Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hayle Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hayle Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | St Austell Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
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