Total Crime Rate
106.7 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
77.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Queens Drive area has the 35th highest crime rate of 96 local areas in Central , and the 171st highest crime rate of 728 local areas in Swindon .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Queens Drive (SN3 1BA) in the last 12 months was 106.7 per 1,000 residents and was 56.6% lower than the Central average (245.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 29 (β 77.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 81.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Queens Drive (SN3 1BA), the main crime hotspot is near Sussex Place. Police recorded 79 crimes here, including 24 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Walcot and Park North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sussex Place | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Radclyffe Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Somerville Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shrewsbury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sussex Place | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Somerville Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Caxton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Radclyffe Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Welbeck Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Somerville Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Welbeck Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Radclyffe Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sussex Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bilborough Drive | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bilborough Drive | β |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sussex Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sussex Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Somerville Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sussex Place | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodside Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dudley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sussex Place | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sussex Place | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sussex Place | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Caversham Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Caversham Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Dudley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ashley Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sussex Place | β |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ashley Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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