Wiltshire Crime Statistics
Last updated: 07 Jun 2026
The overall crime rate in Wiltshire as of April 2026 is 50 crimes per 1,000 people, and the most common crimes are violence and sexual offences, with reports coming from roughly every 24 out of 1,000 daytime population.
Comparing Wiltshire's larger towns and cities, and using Crime Risk Scores - which are calculated by taking severity of each crime type into account - Salisbury is the most dangerous. The next most dangerous is Swindon, and Trowbridge comes in as third most dangerous. There are safer parts of Wiltshire, identified using the same Crime Risk measurement, starting with Chippenham which ranks as the safest area in Wiltshire.
Wiltshire Crime Map
Incidents mapped in Wiltshire represent the time frame between January 2016 and April 2026. Each point on the map represents an area where crimes have been recorded locally.
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Introduction to Wiltshire's crime statistics
This crime profile provides a detailed view of crime and safety around Wiltshire up to April 2026, the most recent data release available. The crime figures and statistics have been calculated across each of Wiltshire's 32,924 postcodes using three area sizes for comparison:
- Within a Five-Minute Walk
- Within a Ten-Minute Walk
- Within a Fifteen-Minute Walk
Individual crime risk scores and index figures are for the 12-month period ending April 2026 unless otherwise stated.
Crime Risk Scores
Wiltshire • 12 Months Ending April 2026
The typical five-minute walk within Wiltshire has a crime risk score of 419. This is based on analysis of 32,924 nearby areas within Wiltshire, with "most" referring to roughly two thirds of the nearby locations.
Crime risk scores are on a scale of 1 to 1,000 and consider the severity of the crimes involved, as determined by sentencing guidelines. A score of 1 represents the lowest risk, and 1,000 the highest risk. This approach ensures that - unlike overall crime rate figures - bicycle theft is not given the same importance in Wiltshire's risk scores as, for example, robbery, or violence & sexual offences.
Within a five-minute walk of the typical location in Wiltshire, crime risk scores are typically around 419, while in South West they are average 510.
Areas within a ten-minute walk typically see crime risk scores of 404 (506 for South West), and scores within a fifteen-minute walk are most often around 398 (South West 503).
Trends in Crime Risk
Wiltshire
Calculated via Seasonal and Trend decomposition using Loess, the Seasonality Adjusted line represents the original data with seasonality subtracted, and the Trend line has been plotted unadjusted. Overall trend direction has been identified using the Mann-Kendall trend test, and rate calculated from the slope of the best-fit line identified from linear regression.
The 10-year trend indicates a decrease of 12% in Wiltshire's crime risk score. This is potentially a strong signal of how the crime risk is evolving. Cross-referencing with major cultural events and Covid's impact during this time is advised.
Looking at the previous five years, the trend in Wiltshire's crime risk score is up by 12%. While potentially a good indicator of the overall risk trend, analysis may offer further insight when combined with the checks mentioned above.
Over the last year, Wiltshire's crime risk score has shown an upward trend of approximately 6%, indicating that the risk profile is going up. This is an extremely short time period for crime trend analysis, and caution should be exercised when interpreting this figure.
Crime Rates and Indexes
Wiltshire
The CrimeRate Index shows how crime rates compare against the national average.
1.0 equals the average
2.0 is double
3.0 triple
0.5 is half and
0.25 a quarter.
Highest Crime Rates
Wiltshire • 12 Months Ending April 2026
Excluding other crime and other theft because their geographic location is often not relevant, anti-social behaviour as its definition is too wide, and bicycle theft for its specificity.
Public Order offences have a crime rate of 4.84 reports per 1,000 people in Wiltshire, which is 0.83 times the national average. This figure is calculated from 4,119 crime reports logged by Wiltshire Police during the 12-month period ending April 2026.
For the same period, Wiltshire Police recorded 4,320 reports of Criminal Damage and Arson in Wiltshire, resulting in a crime rate of 5.08 reports per 1,000, and a CrimeRate Index of 0.81.
The crime rate for Violence and Sexual Offences is 0.78 times the national average at 24 reports per 1,000. This is from 20,143 crime reports reported to Wiltshire Police.
Most Significant 3-Year Increases in Crime Types
Wiltshire
Excluding other crime and other theft, anti-social behaviour, and bicycle theft, and calculated with the same STL method described in Trends in Crime Risk, using CrimeRate Index figures to identify crime types that are trending above or below the national average, and the analysis timeframe limited to the last three years.
Public Order offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.96 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Public Order CrimeRate Index was 0.67 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 43% over this timeframe.
Violence and Sexual Offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.83 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Violence and Sexual Offences CrimeRate Index was 0.69 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 20% over this timeframe.
Burglary offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.63 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Burglary CrimeRate Index was 0.60 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 5% over this timeframe.
Most Significant 3-Year Decreases in Crime Types
Wiltshire
Calculated with the same methodology as the largest increases section above.
Theft From the Person offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.17 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Theft From the Person CrimeRate Index was 0.15 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 13% over this timeframe.
Crime Type Breakdown & Heat Map
Wiltshire • 12 Months Ending April 2026
Size and colour reflect the CrimeRate Index figures for each type of crime.
Wiltshire | South West | Wiltshire Police | |||||||
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| Crime Type | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index |
| Anti-Social Behaviour | 10,091 | 11.87 | 0.84 | 82,030 | 12.62 | 0.89 | 10,093 | 11.84 | 0.84 |
| Bicycle Theft | 483 | 0.59 | 0.81 | 3,702 | 0.54 | 0.74 | 483 | 0.59 | 0.81 |
| Burglary | 1,615 | 1.89 | 0.60 | 15,750 | 2.42 | 0.77 | 1,619 | 1.90 | 0.61 |
| Criminal Damage and Arson | 4,320 | 5.08 | 0.81 | 36,459 | 5.64 | 0.90 | 4,325 | 5.06 | 0.81 |
| Drugs | 1,278 | 1.50 | 0.49 | 10,358 | 1.60 | 0.52 | 1,278 | 1.50 | 0.49 |
| Other Crime | 1,177 | 1.37 | 0.74 | 8,931 | 1.38 | 0.75 | 1,179 | 1.37 | 0.74 |
| Other Theft | 2,740 | 3.23 | 0.57 | 31,450 | 4.85 | 0.85 | 2,741 | 3.23 | 0.57 |
| Possession of Weapons | 455 | 0.53 | 0.62 | 3,967 | 0.62 | 0.73 | 455 | 0.53 | 0.62 |
| Public Order | 4,119 | 4.84 | 0.83 | 36,669 | 5.63 | 0.97 | 4,121 | 4.84 | 0.83 |
| Robbery | 251 | 0.28 | 0.24 | 4,567 | 0.70 | 0.59 | 251 | 0.28 | 0.24 |
| Shoplifting | 3,993 | 4.67 | 0.65 | 37,365 | 5.76 | 0.81 | 3,993 | 4.67 | 0.65 |
| Theft From the Person | 257 | 0.30 | 0.19 | 2,043 | 0.33 | 0.21 | 257 | 0.30 | 0.19 |
| Vehicle Crime | 1,861 | 2.18 | 0.51 | 16,666 | 2.56 | 0.60 | 1,864 | 2.18 | 0.51 |
| Violence and Sexual Offences | 20,143 | 23.67 | 0.78 | 189,257 | 29.13 | 0.96 | 20,151 | 23.63 | 0.78 |
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Total Crime by Year
Wiltshire | South West | Wiltshire Police | |||||||
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| Year | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index |
| 2026 | 42,692 | 50.13 | 0.70 | 397,184 | 61.16 | 0.85 | 42,717 | 50.08 | 0.70 |
| 2025 | 40,160 | 47.55 | 0.64 | 402,192 | 62.40 | 0.84 | 40,175 | 47.45 | 0.64 |
| 2024 | 39,726 | 47.38 | 0.63 | 357,420 | 55.92 | 0.74 | 39,755 | 47.34 | 0.63 |
| 2023 | 43,238 | 52.04 | 0.66 | 360,086 | 56.89 | 0.72 | 43,278 | 52.01 | 0.66 |
| 2022 | 40,909 | 49.54 | 0.64 | 351,958 | 56.19 | 0.73 | 40,954 | 49.52 | 0.64 |
| 2021 | 36,448 | 44.45 | 0.65 | 311,592 | 50.21 | 0.73 | 36,489 | 44.41 | 0.65 |
| 2020 | 42,231 | 52.03 | 0.70 | 343,342 | 55.68 | 0.75 | 42,293 | 51.99 | 0.70 |
| 2019 | 43,338 | 53.76 | 0.71 | 348,574 | 56.87 | 0.75 | 43,387 | 53.80 | 0.71 |
| 2018 | 43,435 | 54.04 | 0.76 | 340,408 | 55.87 | 0.79 | 43,478 | 54.02 | 0.76 |
| 2017 | 41,694 | 52.33 | 0.82 | 312,784 | 51.72 | 0.81 | 41,738 | 52.30 | 0.82 |
| 2016 | 12,700 | 16.02 | 0.84 | 92,229 | 15.29 | 0.80 | 12,715 | 16.01 | 0.84 |
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The Wiltshire Streets With The Highest Crime Counts
Each police crime report that CrimeRate receives has a street name automatically assigned to it by the police data team, and this table uses the coordinates to count crimes, rather than the street name alone. That way, if Wiltshire has multiple identical street names - which is not unusual - they will be treated separately by CrimeRate's systems.
| Street | Crime Count | ||||||||
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| Queen Street Swindon | 73 | ||||||||
| Queen Street Salisbury | 66 | ||||||||
| Park Road Trowbridge | 54 | ||||||||
| Chapel Lane Chippenham | 51 | ||||||||
| Shails Lane Melksham Without | 38 | ||||||||
| Petrol Station South Marston | 37 | ||||||||
| Victoria Park Cheverell Magna | 33 | ||||||||
| Hospital Britford | 32 | ||||||||
| Hospital Liddington | 31 | ||||||||
| Hill Road Ludgershall | 26 | ||||||||
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Town and City Comparison
| Town / City | Crime Count | Crime Rate | CrimeRate Index | ||||||
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| Salisbury | 3,642 | 74.63 | 1.05 | ||||||
| Trowbridge | 3,045 | 73.64 | 1.04 | ||||||
| Swindon | 13,903 | 63.63 | 0.88 | ||||||
| Devizes | 1,275 | 63.02 | 0.92 | ||||||
| Warminster | 1,165 | 58.32 | 0.84 | ||||||
| Melksham | 1,007 | 53.37 | 0.78 | ||||||
| Stratton St Margaret | 1,172 | 53.10 | 0.77 | ||||||
| Amesbury | 760 | 52.61 | 0.79 | ||||||
| Chippenham | 2,176 | 48.65 | 0.69 | ||||||
| Calne | 891 | 45.36 | 0.69 | ||||||
| Laverstock | 521 | 44.67 | 0.73 | ||||||
| Westbury | 775 | 42.90 | 0.66 | ||||||
| Wootton Bassett | 601 | 41.88 | 0.69 | ||||||
| Tidworth | 516 | 39.78 | 0.68 | ||||||
| Bradford-on-Avon | 465 | 38.95 | 0.62 | ||||||
| Haydon Wick | 955 | 37.86 | 0.56 | ||||||
| Wroughton | 402 | 37.72 | 0.59 | ||||||
| Marlborough | 376 | 37.60 | 0.61 | ||||||
| Highworth | 327 | 37.44 | 0.59 | ||||||
| Melksham Without | 340 | 36.00 | 0.67 | ||||||
| Blunsdon | 123 | 30.42 | 0.68 | ||||||
| Corsham | 472 | 30.34 | 0.49 | ||||||
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