Total Crime Rate
15.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
15.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Blenheim Close area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 42 local areas in Warminster Broadway , and the 260th lowest crime rate of 1,622 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 Blenheim Close (BA12 8TP) in the last 12 months was 15.8 per 1,000 residents and was 70.1% lower than the Warminster Broadway average (52.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 33.3% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 15.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -75.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Blenheim Close (BA12 8TP), the main crime hotspot is near Westleigh. Police recorded 19 crimes here, including 15 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cobbett Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodman Mead | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodman Mead | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westleigh | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westleigh | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westleigh | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Westleigh | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Westleigh | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cobbett Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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