Total Crime Rate
1393.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
527.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Church Street area has the highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Trowbridge Adcroft , and the 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 Church Street (BA14 8DR) in the last 12 months was 1393.9 per 1,000 residents and was 997.2% higher than the Trowbridge Adcroft average (127.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 145 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 209 (≈ 527.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Church Street (BA14 8DR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 167 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Park Road (71 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Prospect Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Castle Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Poplar Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Poplar Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Poplar Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Union Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Timbrell Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Timbrell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Timbrell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Church Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Timbrell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lower Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Charlotte Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Stephen'S Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Stephen'S Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pitman Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pitman Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fore Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Fore Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Fore Street | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Fore Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Fore Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Fore Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Fore Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Fore Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Poplar Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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