Total Crime Rate
529.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
200.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026St Stephens Place 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 St Stephens Place (BA14 8TQ) 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 St Stephens Place (BA14 8TQ), 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Fore Street | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | County Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | County Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | County Way | Awaiting court outcome |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Church Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clothier Leaze | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Clothier Leaze | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Clothier Leaze | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Castle Street | Under investigation |
| 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 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| 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 | Public order | Fore Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Fore Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Fore Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Fore Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fore Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fore Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fore Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fore Street | — |
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