Total Crime Rate
102.0 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
30.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lords Lane area has the 12th highest crime rate of 34 local areas in Chippenham Cepen Park & Hunters Moon , and the 246th highest crime rate of 1,622 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 Lords Lane (SN15 3GD) in the last 12 months was 102.0 per 1,000 residents and was 64.4% higher than the Chippenham Cepen Park & Hunters Moon average (62.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 6 (β 30.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 200.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -80.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lords Lane (SN15 3GD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Chapel Lane, where police recorded 169 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shopping Area (55 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Gladstone Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bakehouse Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Market Place | β |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Market Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Market Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Popham Court | β |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Popham Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Popham Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | The Butts | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Butts | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Gladstone Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Gladstone Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Timber Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Flowers Yard | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fuller Close | β |
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