Total Crime Rate

49.1 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

18.4 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

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 49.1 5/10
  • Violent crimes 18.4 4/10
  • Burglary 15.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 15.3 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.1 4/10
  • Other theft 6.1 6/10
  • Public order 3.1 2/10
  • Shoplifting 3.1 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Kingsdown Road area has the 28th lowest crime rate of 58 local areas in Trowbridge Central , and the 664th highest crime rate of 1,622 local areas in Wiltshire .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Kingsdown Road (BA14 0LB) in the last 12 months was 49.1 per 1,000 residents and was 73.1% lower than the Trowbridge Central average (182.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 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 ( 66.7% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 18.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -16.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Kingsdown Road (BA14 0LB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Clydesdale Close, where police recorded 44 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hawthorn Grove (4 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Kingsdown Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Clydesdale Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Clydesdale Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Clydesdale Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Clydesdale Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Clydesdale Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Clydesdale Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Clydesdale Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Edington Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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