Total Crime Rate

87.3 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 87.3 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 14.6 4/10
  • Other crime 10.9 10/10
  • Other theft 10.9 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.6 5/10
  • Burglary 3.6 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.6 3/10
  • Drugs 3.6 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.6 6/10
  • Public order 3.6 3/10
  • Shoplifting 3.6 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.6 3/10
  • Robbery 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

Spa Road area has the 15th highest crime rate of 49 local areas in Melksham Forest , and the 291st highest crime rate of 1,627 local areas in Wiltshire .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Spa Road (SN12 7NY) in the last 12 months was 87.3 per 1,000 residents and was 10.3% higher than the Melksham Forest average (79.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 21.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Spa Road (SN12 7NY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Pembroke Road, where police recorded 12 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wessex Close (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Spa Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rutland Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Warwick Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Pembroke Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coronation Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rutland Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Rope Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Rope Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Milton Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Milton Avenue Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Rutland Close Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person The Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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