Total Crime Rate
591.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Fire 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.
View Crime In Mannington and Western| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxford Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Bathampton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | East Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Lorne Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Milton Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Milton Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Milton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Milton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Milton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Bathampton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bathampton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxford Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Exeter Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Taunton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | East Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | East Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | East Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | East Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | East Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | East Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Bristol Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Bristol Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Oxford Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Emlyn Square | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
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