Total Crime Rate

375.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

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 375.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 167.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 62.5 10/10
  • Public order 51.1 10/10
  • Drugs 39.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.1 7/10
  • Other crime 14.2 10/10
  • Other theft 14.2 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.7 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.8 2/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Hercules Way area has the highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Holt , and the 25th highest crime rate of 1,627 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 Hercules Way (SN12 6TS) in the last 12 months was 375.0 per 1,000 residents and was 1155.0% higher than the Holt average (29.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 59 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 600.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 77 (≈ 218.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 67.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hercules Way (SN12 6TS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Dowding Way, where police recorded 8 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mallard Close (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Hercules Way area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (3/3)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dowding Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dowding Way —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dowding Way —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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