Total Crime Rate
16.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
8.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Main Drive area has the 22nd lowest crime rate of 146 local areas in Priory Vale , and the 81st lowest 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 Main Drive (SN25 2DU) in the last 12 months was 16.1 per 1,000 residents and was 69.3% lower than the Priory Vale average (52.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 8.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Main Drive (SN25 2DU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Diamond Crescent, where police recorded 34 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Chartwell Road (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Swindon| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Diamond Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Diamond Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Amethyst Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Peridot Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chartwell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brean Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chartwell Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Knole Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Diamond Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Antony Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chartwell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Diamond Crescent | Under investigation |
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