Total Crime Rate

194.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

110.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 194.7 9/10
  • Violent crimes 110.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 100.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 22.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.4 7/10
  • Other theft 16.4 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 16.4 9/10
  • Public order 10.3 7/10
  • Burglary 4.1 5/10
  • Other crime 4.1 6/10
  • Drugs 2.1 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Chemical Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 43 local areas in Devizes Rural West , and the 84th highest crime rate of 1,622 local areas in Wiltshire .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Chemical Road (BA13 4JN) in the last 12 months was 194.7 per 1,000 residents and was 670.7% higher than the Devizes Rural West average (25.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 49 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 80.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 54 (≈ 110.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 17.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Chemical Road (BA13 4JN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Victory Road, where police recorded 10 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Headquarters Road (3 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Chemical Road area

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Data Sources

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