Total Crime Rate

94.0 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 94.0 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 67.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.0 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.5 7/10
  • Drugs 3.8 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Downside Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Avon Valley , and the 260th highest crime rate of 1,627 local areas in Wiltshire .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Downside Road (SP4 9QY) in the last 12 months was 94.0 per 1,000 residents and was 153.4% higher than the Avon Valley average (37.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 67.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 63.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -14.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Downside Road (SP4 9QY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Queensway, where police recorded 11 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Court Farm Close (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Downside Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (3/3)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Court Farm Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Queensway Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Court Farm Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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