Total Crime Rate

622.6 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 622.6 10/10
  • Shoplifting 328.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 132.1 10/10
  • Public order 52.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 41.5 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 34.0 10/10
  • Other theft 22.6 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.6 7/10
  • Robbery 3.8 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Market Place area has the highest crime rate of 42 local areas in Warminster Broadway , and the 12th 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 Market Place (BA12 9AP) in the last 12 months was 622.6 per 1,000 residents and was 909.1% higher than the Warminster Broadway average (61.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 87 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 180.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -43.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 98.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 73.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 99.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Market Place (BA12 9AP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 84 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Market Place (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Market Place area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Theatre/Concert Hall —
Sep 2025Other theft Three Horseshoes Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Weymouth Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Weymouth Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Weymouth Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Weymouth Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Weymouth Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carsons Yard Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Three Horseshoes Walk —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Other theft The Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Market Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Portway Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Mead Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Market Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Weymouth Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nightclub —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Ridgeway Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Market Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences George Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nightclub —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nightclub —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences George Street Place Under investigation

Data Sources

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