Total Crime Rate
15.5 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
9.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Park Lane area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 59 local areas in Chippenham Cepen Park & Derriads , and the 248th lowest crime rate of 1,622 local areas in Wiltshire .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Park Lane (SN15 1LU) in the last 12 months was 15.5 per 1,000 residents and was 70.4% lower than the Chippenham Cepen Park & Derriads average (52.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 50.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 3 (β 9.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Park Lane (SN15 1LU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 63 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Foghamshire (31 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Old Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ivy Lane | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Foghamshire | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Foghamshire | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Foghamshire | β |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Foghamshire | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Foghamshire | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Foghamshire | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Foghamshire | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Union Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Union Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Union Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Union Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenway Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chippenham | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
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