Total Crime Rate

115.6 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 115.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 34.4 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 31.3 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.6 9/10
  • Public order 9.4 7/10
  • Other theft 6.3 6/10
  • Shoplifting 6.3 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.3 6/10
  • Drugs 3.1 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Wheelers Lane area has the 10th highest crime rate of 42 local areas in Warminster Broadway , and the 181st highest crime rate of 1,627 local areas in Wiltshire .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Wheelers Lane (BA12 9LP) in the last 12 months was 115.6 per 1,000 residents and was 87.4% higher than the Warminster Broadway average (61.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 46.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 87.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -10.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wheelers Lane (BA12 9LP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near B3414, where police recorded 12 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Fairview Close (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Wheelers Lane area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Fairview Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour B3414
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Ridgeway Under investigation

Data Sources

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