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Postcode district · Swindon

Crime in SN6

How much crime is recorded in SN6, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.

Council
Vale of White Horse
Region
South West
Population
34,697 (2024)
Crime

How safe is SN6

Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 17.0 offences per 1,000 people a year in SN6, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 4 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.

Higher-harm crime band
4/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime

Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.

Higher-harm
17.0
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
33
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
By type

What crime is recorded

Recorded offences per 1,000 people a year (counting both residents and people who work locally, or per 1,000 households for burglary).

SN6National
Violence and sexual offences13.723.6
Burglary6.89.1
Anti-social behaviour4.310.7
Criminal damage and arson3.34.7
Public order3.24.6
Shoplifting1.98.4
Other theft1.84.5
Vehicle crime1.33.5
Other crime1.01.5
Drugs0.82.4
Possession of weapons0.60.9
Bicycle theft0.41.0
Robbery0.41.4
Theft from the person0.22.1
Trend

Higher-harm crime over time

The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.

Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates use each neighbourhood's latest twelve published months, which end between January 2026 and August 2026 because police forces publish on different schedules.

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