The most dangerous areas in Swindon have been revealed in new data.

The rankings use the number of crimes recorded in each area in the town across 2022 to determine which is the most dangerous.

Online Marketing Strategy and West Midlands Garage Doors accumulated the data and revealed that the Central North area has the highest number of crimes.

There were 1,787 crimes recorded for that year according to the data that was accumulated from CrimeRate.

Central South and Eastcott came in second place with 1,580. Rodbourne and Cheney Manor is the third most dangerous place with just over one thousand crimes recorded in 2022 with 1,014.

The full list ranks the areas across Swindon based on the number of crimes for the year of 2022.

  1. Central North: 1787
  2. Central South and Eastcott: 1580
  3. Rodbourne and Cheney Manour: 1,014
  4.  Penhill: 759
  5. Walcot East: 756
  6. Central East and Walcot West: 755
  7. Lawn and East Wichel: 754
  8. Freshbrook South and Toothill: 752
  9. Park North and Park South: 637
  10. Gorse Hill: 608
  11. Lower Stratton: 579
  12. Pinehurst: 561
  13. Groundwell and Abbey Meads: 556
  14. Kingshill and Okus: 501
  15. Upper Stratton: 480
  16. Eldene and Dorcan: 387
  17. Westlea and Shaw: 378
  18. Moredon: 336
  19. Mouldon Hill and Oakhurst: 329
  20. Abbey Park: 325

The national data which was also analysed found that there had been an increase in crime of four percent between 2022 and 2023.