Crime Rate in Warminster East, ward

Warminster East has the 7th highest crime rate of 98 wards in Wiltshire district and the 913th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South West), it has the 64th highest crime rate of 821 wards.

The overall crime rate in Warminster East in the last 12 months was 131.0 per 1,000 residents and was 113.3% higher than the Wiltshire district average (61.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Warminster East’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 261 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 3 cases , up 50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -37.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 331 (≈ 48.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Warminster East ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 78 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Canons Close (27 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.