Total Crime Rate

591.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 591.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 306.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 71.4 9/10
  • Burglary 40.8 10/10
  • Other theft 40.8 10/10
  • Drugs 30.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 20.4 9/10
  • Other crime 20.4 10/10
  • Robbery 20.4 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 10.2 9/10
  • Public order 10.2 7/10
  • Shoplifting 10.2 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.2 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Fire Fly Avenue area has the highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Mannington and Western , and the 9th 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 Fire Fly Avenue (SN2 2GE) in the last 12 months was 591.8 per 1,000 residents and was 544.0% higher than the Mannington and Western average (91.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -22.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 102.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Fire Fly Avenue (SN2 2GE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 106 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Oxford Street (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Fire Fly Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oxford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bathampton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order East Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Lorne Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Milton Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Milton Road —
Sep 2025Burglary Milton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Milton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Milton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Bathampton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bathampton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oxford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Exeter Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Taunton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour East Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour East Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour East Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour East Street —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson East Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson East Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bristol Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Bristol Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Oxford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Emlyn Square —
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation

Data Sources

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