Crime Rates at Bright Street, Swindon, SN2 8BU

Bright Street area has the 29th highest crime rate of 93 local areas in Gorse Hill and Pinehurst , and the 160th 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 Bright Street (SN2 8BU) in the last 12 months was 111.4 per 1,000 residents and was 23.5% higher than the Gorse Hill and Pinehurst average (90.2 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 Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 46.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -74.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bright Street (SN2 8BU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Colbourne Street, where police recorded 77 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St Paul'S Street (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.