Crime Rate in New Mills, ward

New Mills has the 16th lowest crime rate of 32 wards in Cotswold district and the 2355th lowest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South West), it has the 331st lowest crime rate of 821 wards.

The overall crime rate in New Mills in the last 12 months was 47.5 per 1,000 residents and was 18.5% lower than the Cotswold district average (58.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, New Mills’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 55 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 66 (≈ 21.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -26.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -10.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the New Mills ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Cricklade Road. Police recorded 33 crimes here, including 10 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.