Crime Statistics for The Banks, Bradenstoke, Wiltshire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for The Banks in September 2024. There were a total of 42 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Other Crime.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in The Banks, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	16
Other Crime	8
Anti Social Behaviour	8
Burglary	6
Other Theft	4
All Crime	42

Map of street level crime incidents in September 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes The Banks. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to The Banks

We've taken the ten nearest places to The Banks and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if The Banks has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
The Banks	22
Tockenham (1.24 miles)	9
Christian Malford (3.16 miles)	5
Great Somerford (3.62 miles)	4
Foxham (2.77 miles)	3
Lower Seagry (3.77 miles)	2
Bushton (3.34 miles)	1
Greenman’s Lane (1.75 miles)	1
Callow Hill (3.34 miles)	0
The Barton (3.72 miles)	0

Where are the most violent places near The Banks?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to The Banks and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
The Banks	16
Tockenham	5
Great Somerford	3
Christian Malford	2
Foxham	1
Lower Seagry	0
Bushton	0
Greenman’s Lane	0
Callow Hill	0
The Barton	0

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in The Banks?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in The Banks to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in The Banks compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to The Banks and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.The Banks is ranked #10.

#	Ward	Score
1	Calne Central	45
2	Calne Chilvester and Abberd	42
3	Purton	34
4	Royal Wootton Bassett South	30
5	Calne North	30
6	Calne South and Cherhill	28
7	Royal Wootton Bassett North	24
8	Calne Rural	19
9	Royal Wootton Bassett East	14
10	Brinkworth	14
11	Lyneham	5

Which road in The Banks has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in The Banks with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around this marker.