Swindon violent crime statistics

As of October 2026, the annual crime rate in Swindon postcode area stands at 30.3 crimes per 1000 people. Swindon's current crime levels are at 85% of the national crime rate. Violent crime makes up 38.8% of all crimes reported in the postcode area. Violent crime totalled 13.4k representing an increase 2.2% year-over-year.

Swindon violent crime statistics Breakdown: Rate, Share, Volume, and Annual Change Compared to England & Wales
Swindon postcode areacrime statisticEngland & Wales
30.3annual crime rate per 1k workday people35.7
85%percentage of national crime rate100%
38.8% share of all crimes35.4%
13.4kcrimes reported2.0M
2.2%annual change0.5%

Swindon violent crime rate comparison map

Swindon violent crime rate comparison map
Postcode sectorCrime rate vs. ENG & WLS rateCrime rate per 1000 workday peopleTotal number of crimes
SN1 1272%97511
SN1 288%31430
SN1 3176%63349
SN1 4120%43272
SN1 5155%55377
SN1 7321%11570
SN10 1119%43268
SN10 269%25206
SN10 386%31181
SN10 465%23101
SN10 580%29211
SN11 079%28145
SN11 8112%40235
SN11 978%28204
SN12 695%34338
SN12 7118%42297
SN12 866%24125
SN13 058%21135
SN13 839%1431
SN13 950%18165
SN14 083%30314
SN14 655%20129
SN14 724%921
SN14 827%1047
SN15 166%24211
SN15 265%23134
SN15 399%35333
SN15 437%13105
SN15 536%1344
SN16 049%1893
SN16 931%1192
SN2 1132%47515
SN2 260%22341
SN2 5198%71294
SN2 798%35215
SN2 837%1370
SN25 179%28183
SN25 2151%54292
SN25 3100%36181
SN25 4117%42204
SN25 539%143
SN25 628%102
SN26 764%2346
SN26 8944%33798
SN3 191%33267
SN3 2191%68552
SN3 3130%46426
SN3 455%20338
SN3 571%2588
SN3 696%34221
SN4 054%19181
SN4 790%32217
SN4 881%29162
SN4 948%17103
SN5 073%269
SN5 323%87
SN5 453%1968
SN5 578%28184
SN5 678%2897
SN5 775%27137
SN5 887%31392
SN6 656%20113
SN6 762%22191
SN6 872%26177
SN7 7122%44288
SN7 879%28118
SN8 140%14100
SN8 244%1680
SN8 348%1794
SN8 450%1878
SN9 562%2296
SN9 645%1647

Swindon violent crime rate rank

Crime rate ranking : Swindon postcode area has the 22. lowest crime rate out of 99 postcode areas

Swindon violent crime rate rank

Swindon violent crime rate compared to other areas

Violent crime totalled 13.4k representing an increase 2.2% year-over-year. In the graph below, postcode area are compared by crime rate and crime rate percentage change. Crime rate percentage change compares the postcode area crime rate between October 2025 - September 2026 to the postcode area crime rate in the previous 12 months. The size of the circle reflects the number of total crimes reported. The bigger the circle, the higher the number of crimes reported in the postcode area.

+2.2% annual change, crime is increasing

13.4k crimes reported

Swindon violent crime rate compared to other areasCrime rate percentage change
Crime rate per 1000 workday people

Swindon violent crime volume

Number of crime incidents by month from January 2014 to September 2026.

Swindon violent crime volume

Swindon violent crime rate

Crime rate per 1000 workday people compared to the national crime rate by year.

Swindon violent crime rate

Swindon violent crime seasonality

Total number of crimes reported in a given calendar month (1 = January … 12 = December) in the previous five years, i.e. from 2020 till 2024.

Swindon violent crime seasonality

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Crime Statistics Detail for Swindon postcode area
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