Crime Rates at Whitehead Street, Swindon, SN1 5JX

Whitehead Street area has the 47th highest crime rate of 96 local areas in Central , and the 221st 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 Whitehead Street (SN1 5JX) in the last 12 months was 83.1 per 1,000 residents and was 66.1% 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -9.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 37.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Whitehead Street (SN1 5JX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 227 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Queen Street (94 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.