Total Crime Rate
51.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
18.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Albion Street area has the 36th lowest crime rate of 96 local areas in Central , and the 359th 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 Albion Street (SN1 5LN) in the last 12 months was 51.9 per 1,000 residents and was 78.9% 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 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 18.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Albion Street (SN1 5LN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 37 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Radnor Street (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birch Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Kingshill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sunnyside Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sunnyside Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | The Moorings | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Stanmore Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanmore Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Radnor Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Radnor Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Radnor Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birch Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dean Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | William Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dean Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ford Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ford Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Manor Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Manor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cambria Bridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cambria Bridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cambria Bridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cambria Bridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | William Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Jolliffe Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Park Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Erin Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Erin Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Shire Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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