Total Crime Rate

80.3 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

50.2 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 80.3 7/10
  • Violent crimes 50.2 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 40.1 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.0 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.7 5/10
  • Robbery 6.7 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.3 5/10
  • Other crime 3.3 4/10
  • Other theft 3.3 3/10
  • Public order 3.3 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.3 3/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Crescent Road area has the 16th highest crime rate of 49 local areas in Melksham Forest , and the 346th 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 Crescent Road (SN12 7EU) in the last 12 months was 80.3 per 1,000 residents and was 4.1% lower 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 50.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -13.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Crescent Road (SN12 7EU), 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 Crescent Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
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 2026Violence and sexual offences St Andrew'S Road 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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