Total Crime Rate
62.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
29.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wiltshire has the 13th lowest crime rate of 27 districts in South West region and the 66th lowest crime rate district of 318 districts in England and Wales. Within the region (South West), it has the 13th lowest crime rate of 27 districts.
The overall crime rate in Wiltshire in the last 12 months was 62.0 per 1,000 residents and was 25.5% lower than the South West region average (83.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Wiltshire’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12,276 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 98 cases , up 1.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 6.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -9.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15,012 (≈ 29.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 1.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
Last 12 months · All offences per 1,000 residents
District average: 62.0 per 1,000
| Parish | Per 1,000 | vs. District | Label vs UK parishs | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trowbridge Central | 182.4 | 120.4 (194%) | Very high 10/10 |
| 2 | Salisbury Harnham East | 178.0 | 116.1 (187%) | Very high 10/10 |
| 3 | Devizes North | 161.5 | 99.5 (161%) | Very high 10/10 |
| 4 | Salisbury St Edmund's | 161.1 | 99.2 (160%) | Very high 10/10 |
| 5 | Chippenham Hardens & Central | 151.4 | 89.5 (144%) | Very high 10/10 |
| 6 | Trowbridge Adcroft | 127.0 | 65.1 (105%) | Very high 9/10 |
| 7 | Warminster East | 115.0 | 53.0 (86%) | Very high 9/10 |
| 8 | Salisbury Bemerton Heath | 87.4 | 25.4 (41%) | High 8/10 |
| 9 | Calne Central | 84.6 | 22.6 (36%) | High 7/10 |
| 10 | Salisbury Milford | 84.2 | 22.3 (36%) | High 7/10 |
| 11 | Melksham Forest | 83.7 | 21.7 (35%) | High 7/10 |
| 12 | Ludgershall North & Rural | 75.4 | 13.5 (22%) | High 7/10 |
| 13 | Royal Wootton Bassett North | 70.4 | 8.4 (14%) | Typical 6/10 |
| 14 | Amesbury West | 69.6 | 7.6 (12%) | Typical 6/10 |
| 15 | Chippenham Lowden & Rowden | 65.4 | 3.4 (5%) | Typical 6/10 |
| 16 | Melksham South | 64.3 | 2.3 (4%) | Typical 6/10 |
| 17 | Bromham, Rowde & Roundway | 63.1 | 1.1 (2%) | Typical 6/10 |
| 18 | Chippenham Cepen Park & Hunters Moon | 62.1 | 0.1 (0%) | Typical 5/10 |
| 19 | Bradford-on-Avon South | 61.0 | -1.0 (-2%) | Typical 5/10 |
| 20 | Melksham Without West & Rural | 61.0 | -1.0 (-2%) | Typical 5/10 |
| 21 | The Lavingtons | 60.6 | -1.4 (-2%) | Typical 5/10 |
| 22 | Mere | 60.4 | -1.6 (-3%) | Typical 5/10 |
| 23 | Salisbury Fisherton & Bemerton Village | 60.3 | -1.6 (-3%) | Typical 5/10 |
| 24 | Old Sarum & Lower Bourne Valley | 60.3 | -1.7 (-3%) | Typical 5/10 |
| 25 | Amesbury South | 59.6 | -2.4 (-4%) | Typical 5/10 |
| 26 | Ethandune | 59.5 | -2.4 (-4%) | Typical 5/10 |
| 27 | Downton & Ebble Valley | 59.0 | -3.0 (-5%) | Typical 5/10 |
| 28 | Trowbridge Lambrok | 57.0 | -5.0 (-8%) | Typical 5/10 |
| 29 | Devizes East | 56.6 | -5.4 (-9%) | Typical 5/10 |
| 30 | Corsham Ladbrook | 56.2 | -5.7 (-9%) | Typical 5/10 |
| 31 | Tidworth East & Ludgershall South | 55.5 | -6.5 (-10%) | Typical 5/10 |
| 32 | Southwick | 55.4 | -6.5 (-11%) | Typical 5/10 |
| 33 | Trowbridge Drynham | 54.5 | -7.5 (-12%) | Typical 5/10 |
| 34 | Warminster Broadway | 52.8 | -9.2 (-15%) | Low 4/10 |
| 35 | Chippenham Cepen Park & Derriads | 52.4 | -9.6 (-15%) | Low 4/10 |
| 36 | Wilton | 52.0 | -9.9 (-16%) | Low 4/10 |
| 37 | Fovant & Chalke Valley | 51.6 | -10.4 (-17%) | Low 4/10 |
| 38 | Westbury North | 51.5 | -10.5 (-17%) | Low 4/10 |
| 39 | Westbury East | 51.3 | -10.7 (-17%) | Low 4/10 |
| 40 | Malmesbury | 51.1 | -10.9 (-18%) | Low 4/10 |
| 41 | Chippenham Sheldon | 48.7 | -13.3 (-21%) | Low 4/10 |
| 42 | Calne North | 48.3 | -13.7 (-22%) | Low 4/10 |
| 43 | Nadder Valley | 48.0 | -14.0 (-23%) | Low 4/10 |
| 44 | Marlborough East | 47.2 | -14.8 (-24%) | Low 4/10 |
| 45 | Melksham Without North & Shurnhold | 47.0 | -15.0 (-24%) | Low 4/10 |
| 46 | Till Valley | 46.8 | -15.2 (-25%) | Low 4/10 |
| 47 | Pewsey | 46.4 | -15.6 (-25%) | Low 4/10 |
| 48 | Amesbury East & Bulford | 46.4 | -15.6 (-25%) | Low 4/10 |
| 49 | Cricklade & Latton | 46.1 | -15.9 (-26%) | Low 4/10 |
| 50 | Trowbridge Grove | 45.8 | -16.1 (-26%) | Low 4/10 |
| 51 | Durrington | 45.0 | -17.0 (-27%) | Low 3/10 |
| 52 | Laverstock | 44.7 | -17.3 (-28%) | Low 3/10 |
| 53 | Salisbury St Francis & Stratford | 44.6 | -17.4 (-28%) | Low 3/10 |
| 54 | Hilperton | 44.3 | -17.7 (-28%) | Low 3/10 |
| 55 | Chippenham Hardenhuish | 43.9 | -18.1 (-29%) | Low 3/10 |
| 56 | Warminster North & Rural | 42.6 | -19.4 (-31%) | Low 3/10 |
| 57 | Wylye Valley | 42.1 | -19.9 (-32%) | Low 3/10 |
| 58 | Avon Valley | 42.0 | -20.0 (-32%) | Low 3/10 |
| 59 | Purton | 41.5 | -20.5 (-33%) | Low 3/10 |
| 60 | Salisbury Harnham West | 40.9 | -21.1 (-34%) | Low 3/10 |
| 61 | Tisbury | 40.5 | -21.5 (-35%) | Low 3/10 |
| 62 | Marlborough West | 40.2 | -21.8 (-35%) | Low 3/10 |
| 63 | Alderbury & Whiteparish | 39.1 | -22.9 (-37%) | Low 3/10 |
| 64 | Bradford-on-Avon North | 37.6 | -24.4 (-39%) | Low 3/10 |
| 65 | Trowbridge Park | 37.5 | -24.5 (-40%) | Very low 2/10 |
| 66 | Bowerhill | 36.8 | -25.2 (-41%) | Very low 2/10 |
| 67 | Salisbury St Paul's | 36.7 | -25.3 (-41%) | Very low 2/10 |
| 68 | Calne Chilvester & Abberd | 36.4 | -25.6 (-41%) | Very low 2/10 |
| 69 | Box & Colerne | 36.2 | -25.8 (-42%) | Very low 2/10 |
| 70 | Royal Wootton Bassett East | 36.2 | -25.8 (-42%) | Very low 2/10 |
| 71 | Kington | 35.5 | -26.5 (-43%) | Very low 2/10 |
| 72 | Pewsey Vale West | 35.4 | -26.6 (-43%) | Very low 2/10 |
| 73 | Tidworth North & West | 33.2 | -28.8 (-46%) | Very low 2/10 |
| 74 | Holt | 33.1 | -28.8 (-47%) | Very low 2/10 |
| 75 | Urchfont & Bishops Cannings | 32.9 | -29.1 (-47%) | Very low 2/10 |
| 76 | Trowbridge Paxcroft | 31.2 | -30.7 (-50%) | Very low 2/10 |
| 77 | Aldbourne & Ramsbury | 30.9 | -31.1 (-50%) | Very low 2/10 |
| 78 | Pewsey Vale East | 30.8 | -31.2 (-50%) | Very low 2/10 |
| 79 | Westbury West | 30.5 | -31.4 (-51%) | Very low 2/10 |
| 80 | Redlynch & Landford | 30.1 | -31.8 (-51%) | Very low 2/10 |
| 81 | Minety | 29.5 | -32.5 (-52%) | Very low 2/10 |
| 82 | Devizes South | 28.3 | -33.7 (-54%) | Very low 1/10 |
| 83 | Corsham Without | 26.4 | -35.6 (-57%) | Very low 1/10 |
| 84 | Winsley & Westwood | 26.0 | -36.0 (-58%) | Very low 1/10 |
| 85 | Calne Rural | 25.6 | -36.3 (-59%) | Very low 1/10 |
| 86 | Devizes Rural West | 25.3 | -36.7 (-59%) | Very low 1/10 |
| 87 | By Brook | 24.9 | -37.1 (-60%) | Very low 1/10 |
| 88 | Royal Wootton Bassett South & West | 24.4 | -37.6 (-61%) | Very low 1/10 |
| 89 | Warminster West | 24.1 | -37.9 (-61%) | Very low 1/10 |
| 90 | Melksham East | 23.4 | -38.5 (-62%) | Very low 1/10 |
| 91 | Chippenham Pewsham | 22.4 | -39.6 (-64%) | Very low 1/10 |
| 92 | Sherston | 22.0 | -39.9 (-64%) | Very low 1/10 |
| 93 | Chippenham Monkton | 21.9 | -40.1 (-65%) | Very low 1/10 |
| 94 | Corsham Pickwick | 21.6 | -40.4 (-65%) | Very low 1/10 |
| 95 | Lyneham | 21.2 | -40.8 (-66%) | Very low 1/10 |
| 96 | Brinkworth | 20.2 | -41.8 (-67%) | Very low 1/10 |
| 97 | Winterslow & Upper Bourne Valley | 18.8 | -43.2 (-70%) | Very low 1/10 |
| 98 | Calne South | 18.4 | -43.6 (-70%) | Very low 1/10 |
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