Crime Statistics for Common Platt, Lydiard Millicent, Wiltshire, 2024

There were a total of 20 street level crime incidents in Common Platt in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Criminal Damage Arson.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Common Platt, 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	6
Criminal Damage Arson	4
Shoplifting	3
Anti Social Behaviour	2
Drugs	2
Other Crime	1
Other Theft	1
Burglary	1
All Crime	20

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 Common Platt. 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 Common Platt

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Even Swindon (1.96 miles)	218
Shaw (0.88 miles)	110
Moredon (1.96 miles)	102
Freshbrook (1.96 miles)	71
Roughmoor (0.62 miles)	42
Hook Street (1.75 miles)	20
Common Platt	20
The Fox (0.62 miles)	12
Restrop (1.24 miles)	6
Greatfield (1.96 miles)	2

Where are the most violent places near Common Platt?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Even Swindon	73
Shaw	43
Moredon	42
Freshbrook	30
Roughmoor	14
Common Platt	6
The Fox	5
Restrop	3
Hook Street	1
Greatfield	0

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

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 Common Platt 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 Common Platt compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Central	85
2	Gorse Hill and Pinehurst	82
3	Rodbourne Cheney	67
4	Mannington and Western	60
5	Lydiard and Freshbrook	49
6	Haydon Wick	47
7	St Andrews	45
8	Shaw	42
9	Priory Vale	41
10	Wroughton and Wichelstowe	29
11	Royal Wootton Bassett North	24

Which road in Common Platt has the highest level of crime?

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