Total Crime Rate

73.8 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

All offences · 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 73.8 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 22.1 5/10
  • Other crime 18.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.4 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.4 9/10
  • Public order 7.4 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.7 2/10
  • Drugs 3.7 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.7 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

The Breach area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 23 local areas in Devizes East , and the 384th highest crime rate of 1,627 local areas in Wiltshire .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around The Breach (SN10 5BJ) in the last 12 months was 73.8 per 1,000 residents and was 26.4% 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 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 36.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 168.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Breach (SN10 5BJ), the main crime hotspot is near Southgate Close. Police recorded 23 crimes here, including 9 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in The Breach area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (3/3)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wickfield Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Southgate Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lawrence Close —
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Data Sources

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