Total Crime Rate
154.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
48.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hillbourne Close area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 18 local areas in Warminster East , and the 125th highest crime rate of 1,622 local areas in Wiltshire .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Hillbourne Close (BA12 0BL) in the last 12 months was 154.9 per 1,000 residents and was 34.7% higher than the Warminster East average (115.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -22.2% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 48.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 163.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hillbourne Close (BA12 0BL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 58 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Market Place (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Blackdown Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Market Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Beech Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Market Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Market Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Market Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Market Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Three Horseshoes Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Three Horseshoes Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Portway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Blackdown Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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