Total Crime Rate

75.0 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 75.0 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 43.8 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.6 7/10
  • Public order 9.4 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.1 2/10
  • Other theft 3.1 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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
  • Vehicle crime 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

Dickens Avenue area has the 10th highest crime rate of 43 local areas in Calne Rural , and the 376th 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 Dickens Avenue (SN13 0AE) in the last 12 months was 75.0 per 1,000 residents and was 121.5% higher than the Calne Rural average (33.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( 25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 53.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 88.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dickens Avenue (SN13 0AE), the main crime hotspot is near Spring Tining. Police recorded 23 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Dickens Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Spring Tining —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dickens Avenue —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Beechfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Beechfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beechfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Erneston Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Erneston Crescent Under investigation
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Data Sources

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