Total Crime Rate
85.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
56.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Proby Place area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Trowbridge Adcroft , and the 311th highest crime rate of 1,622 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 Proby Place (BA14 7SA) in the last 12 months was 85.4 per 1,000 residents and was 32.8% lower than the Trowbridge Adcroft average (127.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 56.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 133.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 20.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Proby Place (BA14 7SA), the main crime hotspot is near Malwayn Close. Police recorded 21 crimes here, including 17 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Halfway Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Corbin Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leap Gate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Faverole Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Faverole Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Proby Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Proby Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sylvester Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Corbin Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Corbin Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Corbin Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Corbin Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Corbin Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Painters Mead | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Walmesley Chase | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Corbin Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oxford Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Garth Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Halfway Close | Under investigation |
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