Crime Statistics for Stratton St Margaret, Swindon, 2024

There were a total of 138 street level crime incidents in Stratton St Margaret in March 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Stratton St Margaret, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	54
Anti Social Behaviour	22
Criminal Damage Arson	16
Other Theft	10
Shoplifting	8
Public Order	8
Drugs	7
Vehicle Crime	6
Burglary	4
Other Crime	3
All Crime	138

Map of street level crime incidents in March 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Stratton St Margaret. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Stratton St Margaret

We've taken the ten nearest places to Stratton St Margaret and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Stratton St Margaret has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Gorse Hill (1.39 miles)	475
Lower Stratton (1.24 miles)	301
Pinehurst (1.24 miles)	233
Nythe (1.39 miles)	212
Greenmeadow (1.86 miles)	201
Penhill (1.39 miles)	189
Stratton St Margaret	138
Broad Blunsdon (2.24 miles)	72
Broadbush (2.24 miles)	72
South Marston (1.39 miles)	38

Where are the most violent places near Stratton St Margaret?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Stratton St Margaret and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Gorse Hill	163
Lower Stratton	108
Pinehurst	97
Penhill	83
Greenmeadow	70
Nythe	68
Stratton St Margaret	54
Broad Blunsdon	36
Broadbush	36
South Marston	22

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Stratton St Margaret?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Stratton St Margaret to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Stratton St Margaret compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Stratton St Margaret and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Resident in Stratton St Margaret have the lowest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is Walcot and Park North.

#	Ward	Score
1	Walcot and Park North	88
2	Central	85
3	Gorse Hill and Pinehurst	82
4	Eastcott	82
5	Penhill and Upper Stratton	70
6	Liden, Eldene and Park South	69
7	Rodbourne Cheney	67
8	Mannington and Western	60
9	Old Town	59
10	Chiseldon and Lawn	55
11	St Margaret and South Marston	50

Which road in Stratton St Margaret has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Stratton St Margaret with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around this marker.