Crime Statistics for Okus, North Wroughton, Swindon, 2024

Crime statistics for Okus, North Wroughton

There were a total of 92 street level crime incidents in Okus in February 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 Okus, 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 Crime40
Anti Social Behaviour13
Criminal Damage Arson13
Other Theft7
Public Order5
Shoplifting4
Other Crime2
Vehicle Crime2
Burglary2
Possession Of Weapons2
Drugs2
All Crime92

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Okus. 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 Okus

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Gorse Hill (1.96 miles)394
Even Swindon (1.39 miles)218
Lower Stratton (2.24 miles)216
Lawn (1.24 miles)147
Park (1.86 miles)146
Toothill (1.24 miles)122
Shaw (2.24 miles)110
Okus92
Freshbrook (1.86 miles)71
North Wroughton (1.24 miles)19

18.41%
of Old Town (Swindon) residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Okus?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Gorse Hill151
Lower Stratton85
Even Swindon73
Lawn55
Park54
Toothill43
Shaw43
Okus40
Freshbrook30
North Wroughton5

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

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 Okus 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 Okus compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Okus and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Okus is ranked #8.

#WardScore
1Walcot and Park North88
2Central85
3Gorse Hill and Pinehurst82
4Eastcott82
5Liden, Eldene and Park South69
6Rodbourne Cheney67
7Mannington and Western60
8Old Town59
9Chiseldon and Lawn55
10Lydiard and Freshbrook49
11Wroughton and Wichelstowe29

Which road in Okus has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: February 2024
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