Total Crime Rate

62.8 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

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 62.8 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 19.1 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.7 6/10
  • Burglary 5.5 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.5 4/10
  • Drugs 5.5 6/10
  • Public order 5.5 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.7 2/10
  • Other crime 2.7 2/10
  • Other theft 2.7 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

Ridings Mead area has the 20th highest crime rate of 60 local areas in Chippenham Cepen Park & Derriads , and the 478th 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 Ridings Mead (SN15 1PQ) in the last 12 months was 62.8 per 1,000 residents and was 13.4% higher than the Chippenham Cepen Park & Derriads average (55.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 24.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 80.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -16.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ridings Mead (SN15 1PQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Argyle Drive, where police recorded 41 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hardenhuish Lane (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Ridings Mead area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (4/4)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Hardenhuish Lane Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Argyle Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Argyle Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Argyle Drive —
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Data Sources

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