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Crime · Devizes
Reported crime in Devizes
1,870 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 92 per 1,000 residents.
Total incidents
1,870
Rate / 1,000
92
Categories
14
Months on file
12
By category
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 735 | 39% |
| Anti social behaviour | 454 | 24% |
| Criminal damage and arson | 176 | 9% |
| Shoplifting | 147 | 8% |
| Public order | 110 | 6% |
| Other theft | 90 | 5% |
| Drugs | 46 | 2% |
| Other crime | 30 | 2% |
| Burglary | 28 | 1% |
| Vehicle crime | 19 | 1% |
| Possession of weapons | 13 | 1% |
| Theft from the person | 9 | 0% |
| Bicycle theft | 8 | 0% |
| Robbery | 5 | 0% |
Category by month
| Category | Jul | Aug | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 69 | 62 | 36 | 65 | 59 | 61 | 69 | 51 | 69 | 69 | 53 | 72 | 735 |
| Anti social behaviour | 43 | 42 | 35 | 32 | 36 | 28 | 37 | 26 | 37 | 33 | 45 | 60 | 454 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 17 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 19 | 22 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 176 |
| Shoplifting | 13 | 8 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 21 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 147 |
| Public order | 11 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 110 |
| Other theft | 13 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 90 |
| Drugs | 5 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 46 |
| Other crime | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 30 | ||
| Burglary | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 28 |
| Vehicle crime | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 19 | |||
| Possession of weapons | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 13 | ||||
| Theft from the person | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | ||||||
| Bicycle theft | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | ||||||
| Robbery | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||||||
| Total | 181 | 170 | 125 | 138 | 160 | 145 | 165 | 137 | 161 | 149 | 154 | 185 | 1870 |
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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Devizes, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 20,317.