Total Crime Rate
3.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
0.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wellington Place area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 51 local areas in Marlborough East , and the 16th lowest crime rate of 1,622 local areas in Wiltshire .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Wellington Place (SN8 1HL) in the last 12 months was 3.5 per 1,000 residents and was 92.6% lower than the Marlborough East average (47.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violent crimes with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 0.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -94.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wellington Place (SN8 1HL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 69 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Pewsey Road (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pewsey Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Pewsey Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Pewsey Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | A4 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Supermarket | Local resolution |
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