Crime Statistics for Blunsdon St Andrew, Lower Village, Swindon, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Blunsdon St Andrew in October 2024. There were a total of 171 incidents. 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 Blunsdon St Andrew, 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	58
Anti Social Behaviour	36
Shoplifting	32
Public Order	14
Criminal Damage Arson	9
Other Theft	8
Burglary	4
Other Crime	3
Drugs	2
Vehicle Crime	2
Possession Of Weapons	1
Bicycle Theft	1
Robbery	1
All Crime	171

Map of street level crime incidents in October 2024

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

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Pinehurst (1.75 miles)	493
Greenmeadow (1.39 miles)	318
Penhill (1.39 miles)	208
Blunsdon St Andrew	171
Moredon (1.24 miles)	139
Broad Blunsdon (1.39 miles)	79
Broadbush (1.39 miles)	79
Lower Blunsdon (1.39 miles)	52
The Fox (2.24 miles)	27
Ray (1.81 miles)	14

Where are the most violent places near Blunsdon St Andrew?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Pinehurst	193
Greenmeadow	174
Penhill	77
Blunsdon St Andrew	58
Moredon	55
Broad Blunsdon	22
Broadbush	17
Lower Blunsdon	12
The Fox	7
Ray	7

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Blunsdon St Andrew?

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 Blunsdon St Andrew 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 Blunsdon St Andrew compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Blunsdon St Andrew and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Resident in Blunsdon St Andrew 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	Penhill and Upper Stratton	70
5	Rodbourne Cheney	67
6	Mannington and Western	60
7	St Margaret and South Marston	50
8	Haydon Wick	47
9	St Andrews	45
10	Shaw	42
11	Priory Vale	41

Which road in Blunsdon St Andrew has the highest level of crime?

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