Total Crime Rate
85.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
56.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Heeks Crescent 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 Heeks Crescent (BA14 7UW) 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 Heeks Crescent (BA14 7UW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lark Down, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Malwayn Close (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Slowgrove Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Slowgrove Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barn Glebe | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barn Glebe | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ravenscroft Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ravenscroft Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elmhurst Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Slowgrove Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Corbin Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Corbin Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Honeymans Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Halfway Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Halfway Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Corbin Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Garth Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oxford Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Corbin Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Corbin Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Barn Glebe | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Corbin Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hilperton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Barn Glebe | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lark Down | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lark Down | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Corbin Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hilperton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Barn Glebe | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sylvester Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Barn Glebe | — |
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