Devizes Town vs Longfield

Devizes Town has a safety score of 6/100 (High Crime) and recorded 1,848 crimes in the last 12 months. Longfield has a safety score of 47/100 (Average) with 502 crimes. Longfield scores higher on the CrimeRadar safety index.

Devizes Town shows a year-on-year crime trend of +0.5% — meaning total crimes rose compared to the same period the prior year. Longfield shows -10.5% (falling). A downward trend is a positive sign for an area.

In Devizes Town, the most recorded crime category over the last 12 months is Violent Crime (694 incidents). In Longfield, it is Violent Crime (159 incidents). The full breakdown by category is shown in the chart above.

Devizes Town recorded 433 anti-social behaviour incidents in the last 12 months, while Longfield recorded 97. Anti-social behaviour includes rowdiness, nuisance and disorder that disrupts daily life but may not result in a criminal charge.

Violent crime in Devizes Town totalled 694 incidents over the last 12 months, compared to 159 in Longfield. Violent crime includes assault with and without injury, harassment, and public order offences.

In the 12 months prior to the most recent period, Devizes Town recorded 1,839 crimes (now 1,848, a change of +0.5%). Longfield recorded 561 crimes previously (now 502, -10.5%).

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. Devizes Town has a resolution rate of 11% and Longfield has 33.3%. A higher rate indicates police are more frequently resolving reported crimes in that area.

Devizes Town falls within the Wiltshire Police boundary. Longfield 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 Devizes Town and Longfield. You can view interactive maps, monthly trends and hotspot locations by visiting each neighbourhood's full statistics page linked above.