Total Crime Rate

84.8 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 84.8 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 40.7 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.0 7/10
  • Public order 10.2 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.8 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.4 2/10
  • Other crime 3.4 4/10
  • Other theft 3.4 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Sheldon Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 34 local areas in Chippenham Cepen Park & Hunters Moon , and the 303rd 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 Sheldon Road (SN14 0BT) in the last 12 months was 84.8 per 1,000 residents and was 33.3% higher than the Chippenham Cepen Park & Hunters Moon average (63.6 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 Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 50.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -55.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 7.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sheldon Road (SN14 0BT), the main crime hotspot is near Kingham Close. Police recorded 38 crimes here, including 14 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Sheldon Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (17/17)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stonelea Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Downing Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Canterbury Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kingham Close —
Sep 2025Public order Kingham Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Kingham Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Kingham Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodlands Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Woodlands Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Marshall Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parliament Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Parliament Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Kingham Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Little Down Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westminster Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Stonelea Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Downing Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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