Total Crime Rate

125.8 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

101.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 125.8 8/10
  • Violent crimes 101.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 89.8 10/10
  • Public order 12.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.0 5/10
  • Burglary 3.0 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.0 2/10
  • Other crime 3.0 3/10
  • Other theft 3.0 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.0 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Bowden Crescent area has the 12th highest crime rate of 49 local areas in Melksham Forest , and the 182nd highest crime rate of 1,622 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 Bowden Crescent (SN12 7AS) in the last 12 months was 125.8 per 1,000 residents and was 50.3% higher than the Melksham Forest average (83.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 101.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 36.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bowden Crescent (SN12 7AS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Crescent Road, where police recorded 17 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near The Friars (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Bowden Crescent area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bowmans Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Meadow Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Glenside —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences The Friars Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Bowden Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lincoln Green Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Lincoln Green Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Crescent Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Crescent Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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