Total Crime Rate
529.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
200.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026The Halve area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Trowbridge Adcroft , and the 16th 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 The Halve (BA14 8SA) in the last 12 months was 529.0 per 1,000 residents and was 316.4% 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 72 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 62 (≈ 200.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -81.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around The Halve (BA14 8SA), the main crime hotspot is near Park Road. Police recorded 162 crimes here, including 71 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 | Park Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Road | Under investigation |
| 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Union Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Park Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pitman Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Park Road | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Park Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Park Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Park Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Park Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Park Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Park Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Park Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Timbrell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pitman Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Park Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Halve | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clark'S Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Yerbury Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Yerbury Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Yerbury Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Yerbury Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Police Station | Local resolution |
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