Total Crime Rate

8.8 per 1,000 1/10 · Very Low

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 8.8 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.4 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 4.4 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Melrose Close area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 42 local areas in Warminster Broadway , and the 103rd lowest crime rate of 1,627 local areas in Wiltshire .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Melrose Close (BA12 8EQ) in the last 12 months was 8.8 per 1,000 residents and was 85.7% lower than the Warminster Broadway average (61.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 4.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Melrose Close (BA12 8EQ), the main crime hotspot is near Park/Open Space. Police recorded 38 crimes here, including 8 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Melrose Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (14/14)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Broxburn Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Broxburn Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Tennyson Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Broxburn Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Broxburn Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Broxburn Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Martin Crest Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Masefield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Melrose Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Pampas Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coleridge Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Pampas Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Pampas Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Park/Open Space Under investigation
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Data Sources

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