Total Crime Rate
157.5 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
47.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lowbourne area has the 9th highest crime rate of 49 local areas in Melksham Forest , and the 120th highest crime rate of 1,622 local areas in Wiltshire .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Lowbourne (SN12 7EB) in the last 12 months was 157.5 per 1,000 residents and was 88.3% higher than the Melksham Forest average (83.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -18.2% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (β 47.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -74.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lowbourne (SN12 7EB), the main crime hotspot is near Bank Street. Police recorded 48 crimes here, including 31 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pembroke Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pembroke Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Pembroke Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pembroke Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rowley Place | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sangster Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ruskin Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ruskin Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ruskin Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Milton Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lowbourne | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Keats Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pembroke Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | High Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | High Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | β |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bank Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bank Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bank Street | Under investigation |
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