Total Crime Rate

264.7 per 1,000 10/10 Β· Very High

All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 264.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 117.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 73.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 24.5 10/10
  • Drugs 14.7 9/10
  • Other theft 14.7 9/10
  • Public order 14.7 8/10
  • Theft from the person 4.9 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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 Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Hare & Hounds Street area has the 4th highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Devizes East , and the 47th highest crime rate of 1,627 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 Hare & Hounds Street (SN10 1LZ) in the last 12 months was 264.7 per 1,000 residents and was 353.4% higher than the Devizes East average (58.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 27 (β‰ˆ 132.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 42.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 42.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hare & Hounds Street (SN10 1LZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Monday Market Street, where police recorded 94 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wine Street (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Hare & Hounds Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Monday Market Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Maryport Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Monday Market Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson St James' Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Southbroom Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Southbroom Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hare And Hounds Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hare And Hounds Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sutton Place β€”
Sep 2025Other theft Sheep Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bridewell Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bridewell Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bridewell Street β€”
Sep 2025Drugs Maryport Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Maryport Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Maryport Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Southgate Close β€”
Sep 2025Shoplifting Maryport Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Maryport Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bridewell Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bridewell Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bridewell Street β€”
Sep 2025Shoplifting Monday Market Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Monday Market Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Monday Market Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Monday Market Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Monday Market Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Rendells Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Monday Market Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Monday Market Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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