Total Crime Rate

104.7 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

54.3 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 104.7 8/10
  • Violent crimes 54.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 42.6 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.3 8/10
  • Other theft 5.8 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.8 8/10
  • Public order 5.8 5/10
  • Burglary 3.9 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.9 3/10
  • Drugs 3.9 4/10
  • Other crime 3.9 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.9 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 1.9 1/10
  • Shoplifting 1.9 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Commercial Road area has the 37th highest crime rate of 96 local areas in Central , and the 178th 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 Commercial Road (SN1 5PL) in the last 12 months was 104.7 per 1,000 residents and was 57.4% 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 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 54.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Commercial Road (SN1 5PL), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 526 crimes here, including 193 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Commercial Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/163)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Temple Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting College Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences College Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Granville Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Granville Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Savernake Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences College Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dowling Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting College Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting College Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting College Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting College Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery College Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order College Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Possession of weapons College Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Bicycle theft College Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour College Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour College Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour College Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Nightclub —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Apr 2026Robbery Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences College Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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