Crime Rates at Cowleaze, Chippenham, SN15 3SL

Cowleaze area has the 15th lowest crime rate of 34 local areas in Chippenham Cepen Park & Hunters Moon , and the 465th highest crime rate of 1,622 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 Cowleaze (SN15 3SL) in the last 12 months was 63.7 per 1,000 residents and was 2.6% higher than the Chippenham Cepen Park & Hunters Moon average (62.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 50.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 38.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cowleaze (SN15 3SL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Further/Higher Educational Building, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cowleaze (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.