Total Crime Rate
973.9 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Commercial Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 99 local areas in Central , and the 3rd highest crime rate of 728 local areas in Swindon .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Commercial Road (SN1 5PD) in the last 12 months was 973.9 per 1,000 residents and was 347.2% higher than the Central average (217.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 147 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 7 cases , down -12.5% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 125.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -38.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 223 (β 415.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 34.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Commercial Road (SN1 5PD), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 412 crimes here, including 176 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Morley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Granville Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Granville Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Granville Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Granville Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Granville Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Whitney Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Whitney Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Eastcott Hill | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | College Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | College Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | College Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | College Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | College Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | College Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Sanford Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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