Total Crime Rate
322.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Bodiam Drive area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Mannington and Western , and the 28th 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 Bodiam Drive (SN5 8BA) in the last 12 months was 322.6 per 1,000 residents and was 251.0% 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 Shoplifting with 61 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 58.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -13.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bodiam Drive (SN5 8BA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Markenfield, where police recorded 97 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (16 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Ely Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Stratford Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ely Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stansfield Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ely Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Applewood Court | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bodiam Drive South | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Markenfield | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Markenfield | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Markenfield | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Markenfield | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Markenfield | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Markenfield | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Markenfield | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ely Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Beaulieu Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Markenfield | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Markenfield | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ely Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
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