Total Crime Rate

80.5 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

51.7 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 80.5 7/10
  • Violent crimes 51.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 46.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.2 7/10
  • Burglary 5.8 6/10
  • Public order 5.8 5/10
  • Theft from the person 5.8 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Commercial Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Devizes East , and the 343rd highest crime rate of 1,622 local areas in Wiltshire .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Commercial Road (SN10 1EG) in the last 12 months was 80.5 per 1,000 residents and was 42.2% higher than the Devizes East average (56.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -27.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 51.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Commercial Road (SN10 1EG), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 133 crimes here, including 74 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Commercial Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/46)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Maryport Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Further investigation is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Local resolution
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Snuff Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Snuff Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wine Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wine Street —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wine Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wine Street —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Wine Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wine Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wine Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Monday Market Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Monday Market Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Wine Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wine Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Sheep Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Further investigation is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Theatre/Concert Hall —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences New Park Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Maryport Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Maryport Street Awaiting court outcome
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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