Total Crime Rate

80.2 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 80.2 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 21.4 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.0 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.0 6/10
  • Other theft 8.0 7/10
  • Public order 8.0 6/10
  • Drugs 5.4 6/10
  • Shoplifting 5.4 4/10
  • Burglary 2.7 2/10
  • Other crime 2.7 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.7 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

St Francis Avenue area has the 15th highest crime rate of 34 local areas in Chippenham Cepen Park & Hunters Moon , and the 333rd highest crime rate of 1,627 local areas in Wiltshire .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around St Francis Avenue (SN15 2SE) in the last 12 months was 80.2 per 1,000 residents and was 26.1% 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 32.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 45.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around St Francis Avenue (SN15 2SE), the main crime hotspot is near Gypsy Lane. Police recorded 9 crimes here, including 6 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in St Francis Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Margarets Gardens —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rowden Lane —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gypsy Lane —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gypsy Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Cloisters Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Lukes Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime The Cloisters Under investigation
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Data Sources

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