Total Crime Rate

113.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

42.0 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 113.5 8/10
  • Violent crimes 42.0 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 29.4 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 25.2 8/10
  • Burglary 12.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.6 8/10
  • Drugs 12.6 9/10
  • Public order 12.6 8/10
  • Other crime 4.2 6/10
  • Other theft 4.2 4/10
  • 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
  • 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

New Road area has the 12th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Trowbridge Central , and the 216th 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 New Road (BA14 7AA) in the last 12 months was 113.5 per 1,000 residents and was 37.8% 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 42.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -77.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around New Road (BA14 7AA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 107 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (47 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in New Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/49)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other crime Bythesea Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St Stephen'S Place —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Apr 2026Other theft Bythesea Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bythesea Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Apr 2026Shoplifting County Way Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting County Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting County Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences County Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St Stephen'S Place —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Mill Street —
Apr 2026Other crime Orchard Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Orchard Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Orchard Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Mill Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Mill Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Brown Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Newtown Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Ashmead Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Clothier Leaze Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Clothier Leaze Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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