Total Crime Rate
52.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
36.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lynmouth Road area has the 27th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Mannington and Western , and the 351st highest crime rate of 728 local areas in Swindon .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Lynmouth Road (SN2 2DL) in the last 12 months was 52.3 per 1,000 residents and was 45.5% lower than the Mannington and Western average (96.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 35.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lynmouth Road (SN2 2DL), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 111 crimes here, including 19 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Swindon| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ford Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dean Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dean Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | St Austell Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birch Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Groves Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Horace Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Shopping Area | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Austell Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ford Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birch Street | Under investigation |
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