Total Crime Rate
419.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
78.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Linslade Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Mannington and Western , and the 17th 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 Linslade Street (SN2 2BN) in the last 12 months was 419.4 per 1,000 residents and was 336.8% higher than the Mannington and Western average (96.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 81 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 78.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Linslade Street (SN2 2BN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Montagu Street (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Mannington and Western| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Montagu Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Padstow Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Padstow Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Percy Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Deburgh Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Groves Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thomas Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Montagu Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Montagu Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bude Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Padstow Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Guppy Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Montagu Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Montagu Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Montagu Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Guppy Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Horace Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Deburgh Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | St Austell Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Austell Way | — |
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