Total Crime Rate
139.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
53.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Avonvale Road area has the 12th highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Trowbridge Adcroft , and the 146th 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 Avonvale Road (BA14 8QS) in the last 12 months was 139.5 per 1,000 residents and was 9.8% higher 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 53.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -79.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Avonvale Road (BA14 8QS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near York Buildings, where police recorded 53 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rodway Close (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Timbrell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | York Buildings | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hyde Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Poplar Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Poplar Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Poplar Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Poplar Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Prospect Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lower Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lower Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | York Buildings | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | York Buildings | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | York Buildings | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | York Buildings | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Timbrell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Timbrell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Timbrell Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rodway Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rodway Close | Under investigation |
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