Total Crime Rate

98.3 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 98.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 38.5 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 21.4 9/10
  • Public order 12.8 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.6 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.3 6/10
  • Other crime 4.3 6/10
  • Other theft 4.3 4/10
  • Shoplifting 4.3 3/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Rope Yard area has the 5th highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Royal Wootton Bassett East , and the 240th 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 Rope Yard (SN4 7FD) in the last 12 months was 98.3 per 1,000 residents and was 220.6% higher than the Royal Wootton Bassett East average (30.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 51.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -13.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Rope Yard (SN4 7FD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 37 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Tanners Close (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Rope Yard area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (10/10)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Robbery Tanners Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary The Maltings Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rope Yard —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Rope Yard Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Tanners Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Tanners Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Lawns Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wood Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nightclub —
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Data Sources

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