Chippenham Town Centre vs Melksham Town

Chippenham Town Centre has a safety score of 6/100 (High Crime) and recorded 959 crimes in the last 12 months. Melksham Town has a safety score of 7/100 (High Crime) with 1,112 crimes. Melksham Town scores higher on the CrimeRadar safety index.

Chippenham Town Centre shows a year-on-year crime trend of +22.5% — meaning total crimes rose compared to the same period the prior year. Melksham Town shows -2.6% (falling). A downward trend is a positive sign for an area.

In Chippenham Town Centre, the most recorded crime category over the last 12 months is Anti-Social Behaviour (271 incidents). In Melksham Town, it is Violent Crime (434 incidents). The full breakdown by category is shown in the chart above.

Chippenham Town Centre recorded 271 anti-social behaviour incidents in the last 12 months, while Melksham Town recorded 218. Anti-social behaviour includes rowdiness, nuisance and disorder that disrupts daily life but may not result in a criminal charge.

Violent crime in Chippenham Town Centre totalled 261 incidents over the last 12 months, compared to 434 in Melksham Town. Violent crime includes assault with and without injury, harassment, and public order offences.

In the 12 months prior to the most recent period, Chippenham Town Centre recorded 783 crimes (now 959, a change of +22.5%). Melksham Town recorded 1,142 crimes previously (now 1,112, -2.6%).

The resolution rate is the percentage of recorded crimes that resulted in a formal outcome — such as a charge, caution, penalty notice, or community resolution. Chippenham Town Centre has a resolution rate of 17.4% and Melksham Town has 16.9%. A higher rate indicates police are more frequently resolving reported crimes in that area.

Chippenham Town Centre falls within the Wiltshire Police boundary. Melksham Town is covered by Wiltshire Police. Each force operates independently and publishes crime data through the national UK Police API.

CrimeRadar uses 36 months of official recorded crime data from the UK Police API, updated each month. The safety score combines crime volume relative to the force average, year-on-year trend direction, and resolution rate. All figures are based on crimes recorded within each police-defined neighbourhood boundary.

Yes — CrimeRadar has individual crime map pages for both Chippenham Town Centre and Melksham Town. You can view interactive maps, monthly trends and hotspot locations by visiting each neighbourhood's full statistics page linked above.