Crime Statistics for Lower Stratton, Stratton St Margaret, Swindon, 2024

Crime statistics for Lower Stratton, Stratton St Margaret

There were a total of 261 street level crime incidents in Lower Stratton in January 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 Lower Stratton, 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 CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime84
Anti Social Behaviour46
Vehicle Crime35
Shoplifting25
Criminal Damage Arson19
Other Theft16
Public Order13
Burglary7
Other Crime6
Possession Of Weapons3
Drugs3
Bicycle Theft2
Robbery2
All Crime261

Map of street level crime incidents in January 2024

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

How grim is your Postcode?

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 Lower Stratton

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Gorse Hill (1.39 miles)396
Lower Stratton261
Nythe (0.62 miles)203
Pinehurst (1.76 miles)178
Lawn (1.39 miles)175
Stratton St Margaret (1.24 miles)128
Park (1.24 miles)128
Okus (2.24 miles)108
Dorcan (1.39 miles)78
Coate (1.96 miles)54

23.92%
of Walcot and Park North residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Lower Stratton?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Gorse Hill128
Lower Stratton84
Pinehurst82
Nythe79
Lawn79
Park56
Stratton St Margaret40
Okus37
Dorcan35
Coate19

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

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 Lower Stratton 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 Lower Stratton compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Lower Stratton and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Residents in Lower Stratton have the highest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is Covingham and Dorcan.

#WardScore
1Walcot and Park North88
2Central85
3Gorse Hill and Pinehurst82
4Eastcott82
5Penhill and Upper Stratton70
6Liden, Eldene and Park South69
7Rodbourne Cheney67
8Old Town59
9Chiseldon and Lawn55
10St Margaret and South Marston50
11Covingham and Dorcan45

Which road in Lower Stratton has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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