Crime Rate in Malmesbury, ward

Malmesbury has the 39th highest crime rate of 98 wards in Wiltshire district and the 2670th lowest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South West), it has the 364th lowest crime rate of 821 wards.

The overall crime rate in Malmesbury in the last 12 months was 50.9 per 1,000 residents and was 17.1% lower than the Wiltshire district average (61.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Malmesbury’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 124 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 166.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 145 (≈ 24.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Malmesbury ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Oliver'S Lane, with 25 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Oxford Street (10 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.