Total Crime Rate

49.7 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 49.7 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 28.8 6/10
  • Public order 7.9 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.2 3/10
  • Burglary 2.6 1/10
  • Other crime 2.6 2/10
  • Other theft 2.6 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Little Ground area has the 8th highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Purton , and the 664th 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 Little Ground (SN5 4GS) in the last 12 months was 49.7 per 1,000 residents and was 12.5% higher than the Purton average (44.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 175.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 36.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 250.0% ).

In the area around Little Ground (SN5 4GS), the main crime hotspot is near Webbs Place. Police recorded 17 crimes here, including 8 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Little Ground area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chase Wood Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Upper Ox Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Upper Ox Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Upper Ox Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Marsh Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marsh Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Letterage Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Chase Wood Under investigation
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Data Sources

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