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Crime Rates in Wiltshire, local authority district

Crime Rate

62.1

62.1

Low 2/10

* the lower the better

Last updated: 04.03.2026

Annual total crime rate in Wiltshire, (local authority district) is 62.1 crimes per thousand resident population. This can be rated as 2 out of 10 or low crime level compared to other boroughs/local authority districts in England and Wales.

Crime rates in Wiltshire (local authority district) by type

Crime typeRateScore
Violence and sexual offences
23.52/10
Anti-social behaviour
12.14/10
Criminal damage and arson
5.523/10
Public order
4.713/10
Shoplifting
4.212/10
Other theft
3.431/10
Burglary
2.282/10
Vehicle crime
2.022/10
Other crime
1.493/10
Drugs
1.442/10
Possession of weapons
0.482/10
Bicycle theft
0.4743/10
Theft from the person
0.2822/10
Robbery
0.1841/10

Data source: data.police.uk

Feb 2025 - Jan 2026

Above are annual crime rates in Wiltshire (local authority district) by crime type.

The figures in grey represent the number of crimes of a certain type per thousand resident population in Wiltshire (local authority district).

The figures in black indicate the relative ratings of Wiltshire (local authority district) for a specific crime type compared to other boroughs/local authority districts in England and Wales.

Higher ratings correspond to higher crime rates.

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Historical crime rates in Wiltshire (local authority district) and South West (region)

Number of annual crimes per 1000 resident population

  • Wiltshire
    LAD
  • South West
    region

Data source: data.police.uk

Crime rate ratings in Wiltshire (local authority district)

Higher ratings correspond to higher crime rates.

Horizontal: area ratings based on annual total crime rate per 1000 resident population.

Vertical: number of areas


Data source: data.police.uk

Annual total crime rates of wards within Wiltshire (local authority district)

Ward nameCrime Rate
1. Lyneham22.7 low
2. Brinkworth23 low
3. Winterslow & Upper Bourne Valley25.1 low
4. Redlynch & Landford26.7 low
5. Minety26.8 low
6. Box & Colerne28.1 low
7. Aldbourne & Ramsbury28.6 low
8. Sherston29 low
9. Chippenham Pewsham30.5 low
10. Royal Wootton Bassett East31.1 low
11. Pewsey Vale East32 low
12. Calne South33.3 low
13. Alderbury & Whiteparish36.4 low
14. Holt36.6 low
15. Winsley & Westwood36.7 low
16. Calne Rural38.1 low
17. By Brook39 low
18. Pewsey Vale West39.4 low
19. The Lavingtons39.8 low
20. Devizes Rural West39.9 low
21. Trowbridge Paxcroft40.3 low
22. Kington42.5 low
23. Marlborough East42.7 low
24. Corsham Pickwick42.8 low
25. Chippenham Cepen Park & Hunters Moon43 low
26. Purton43.3 low
27. Urchfont & Bishops Cannings43.5 low
28. Avon Valley44.2 low
29. Bowerhill45.4 low
30. Laverstock45.6 low
31. Cricklade & Latton45.9 low
32. Wylye Valley46.2 low
33. Chippenham Hardenhuish47.3 low
34. Pewsey47.7 low
35. Bradford-on-Avon North47.9 low
36. Tisbury48 low
37. Till Valley48.2 low
38. Amesbury East & Bulford48.5 low
39. Hilperton49.4 low
40. Royal Wootton Bassett South & West49.5 low
41. Melksham East49.6 low
42. Fovant & Chalke Valley52.2 low
43. Chippenham Cepen Park & Derriads52.4 low
44. Westbury East53 low
45. Nadder Valley53.1 low
46. Salisbury St Francis & Stratford53.7 low
47. Salisbury Harnham West54.1 low
48. Tidworth East & Ludgershall South54.1 low
49. Trowbridge Grove54.1 low
50. Southwick54.1 low
51. Marlborough West54.2 low
52. Mere54.9 low
53. Malmesbury55.3 low
54. Warminster West55.6 low
55. Corsham Ladbrook56.2 low
56. Bradford-on-Avon South56.6 low
57. Calne North57.4 low
58. Durrington57.6 low
59. Melksham Without West & Rural57.8 low
60. Corsham Without58.1 low
61. Amesbury South59.2 low
62. Wilton60.4 low
63. Trowbridge Park60.4 low
64. Old Sarum & Lower Bourne Valley60.5 low
65. Calne Chilvester & Abberd60.7 low
66. Warminster North & Rural61.8 low
67. Devizes East62.3 low
68. Chippenham Sheldon63 low
69. Ethandune63.2 low
70. Salisbury Fisherton & Bemerton Village63.6 low
71. Chippenham Monkton63.7 low
72. Downton & Ebble Valley64 low
73. Tidworth North & West64.8 low
74. Westbury West65.2 low
75. Melksham Forest65.4 low
76. Ludgershall North & Rural66.3 low
77. Melksham Without North & Shurnhold67 low
78. Bromham, Rowde & Roundway67.1 low
79. Westbury North67.3 low
80. Devizes South72.7 low
81. Warminster Broadway74.2 low
82. Royal Wootton Bassett North74.9 low
83. Trowbridge Lambrok75.9 low
84. Calne Central77.1 low
85. Melksham South82.2 low
86. Amesbury West83.4 low
87. Trowbridge Drynham88.9 low
88. Salisbury Bemerton Heath106 low
89. Salisbury Milford108 low
90. Salisbury St Paul's110 low
91. Chippenham Hardens & Central116 medium
92. Trowbridge Adcroft123 medium
93. Warminster East134 medium
94. Salisbury Harnham East159 medium
95. Chippenham Lowden & Rowden175 medium
96. Devizes North191 medium
97. Salisbury St Edmund's217 medium
98. Trowbridge Central220 medium

*annual total crimes per 1000 resident population

Data source: data.police.uk

Feb 2025 - Jan 2026

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