Crime Rates at Lightning Road, Calne, SN11 8GD

Lightning Road area has the 30th highest crime rate of 60 local areas in Calne Central , and the 704th highest crime rate of 1,622 local areas in Wiltshire .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Lightning Road (SN11 8GD) in the last 12 months was 46.8 per 1,000 residents and was 44.7% lower than the Calne Central average (84.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 125.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 29.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 0.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lightning Road (SN11 8GD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near James Avenue, where police recorded 18 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Abberd Lane (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.