Total Crime Rate

190.3 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 190.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 53.1 8/10
  • Shoplifting 44.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 35.4 9/10
  • Public order 22.1 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 13.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.3 8/10
  • Other theft 4.4 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.4 7/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Copheap Lane area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 18 local areas in Warminster East , and the 87th highest crime rate of 1,627 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 Copheap Lane (BA12 0BQ) in the last 12 months was 190.3 per 1,000 residents and was 45.3% higher than the Warminster East average (131.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -70.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 79.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 38.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 281.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Copheap Lane (BA12 0BQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 47 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Supermarket (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Copheap Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (17/17)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Copheap Rise Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Portway Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Three Horseshoes Walk —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blackdown Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blackdown Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Hillbourne Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Three Horseshoes Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
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Data Sources

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