Crime Rates at Market Place, Chippenham, SN15 3HE

Market Place area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 34 local areas in Chippenham Cepen Park & Hunters Moon , and the 4th highest crime rate of 1,627 local areas in Wiltshire .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Market Place (SN15 3HE) in the last 12 months was 962.4 per 1,000 residents and was 1413.5% 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 Shoplifting with 60 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 600.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 72 (≈ 338.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Market Place (SN15 3HE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 156 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (44 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.