Devizes Rural West ward · Wiltshire. Every figure carries its own date.
Boundary: May 2026. Census and crime records have different dates and purposes.
What makes this ward different?
Homes rented privately: 10% here, compared with 17% across Wiltshire (7.5 percentage points lower).
A larger private-rented sector changes the mix of housing advice, enforcement and tenant support needed. It does not tell us whether individual homes are affordable or safe.
21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.
Why this comparison is valid
The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.
People aged 65 or over: 26.8% here, compared with 21.9% across Wiltshire (4.9 percentage points higher).
Age helps locate demand for accessible homes, transport and support. Being older does not itself mean someone needs care.
21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.
Why this comparison is valid
The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.
People reporting bad or very bad health: 5.3% here, compared with 4.2% across Wiltshire (1.1 percentage points higher).
Residents described their own health. Differences in age matter, so this is a prompt to investigate needs, not a score for local health services.
21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.
Why this comparison is valid
The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.
Police-recorded locations for Devizes Rural West ward. Locations are approximate; these are not all crimes or a measure of personal risk.
109 mapped crimes
September 2025 to August 2026. Compared with 93 in the previous 12 months. Anti-social behaviour is counted separately.
Mapped crime over time
September 2024 to August 2026
Devizes Rural West ward · mapped crimes
Reviewed figures: September 2024 to August 2026. This reviewed record covers fewer than 30 years, so the chart opens on all of it.
Shown on this chart: 6 mapped crimes in September 2024; 12 mapped crimes in August 2026. These are recorded counts; check the coverage notes before comparing periods.
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September 2024August 2026
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Monthly crime and anti-social behaviour
Recorded locations by month · Devizes Rural West
Month
Mapped crime
Anti-social behaviour
September 2024
6
4
October 2024
11
1
November 2024
7
0
December 2024
9
3
January 2025
10
1
February 2025
6
2
March 2025
6
3
April 2025
4
2
May 2025
12
3
June 2025
6
4
July 2025
10
1
August 2025
6
1
September 2025
2
0
October 2025
13
2
November 2025
6
1
December 2025
12
3
January 2026
9
5
February 2026
8
2
March 2026
5
1
April 2026
9
1
May 2026
11
1
June 2026
13
3
July 2026
9
2
August 2026
12
2
Crime categories in the latest complete year
September 2025 to August 2026 · Devizes Rural West
Category
Mapped crimes
violent crime
64
criminal damage arson
13
public order
9
other theft
8
drugs
5
other crime
4
burglary
4
vehicle crime
1
bicycle theft
1
What these numbers include
Approximate published locations, not every crime or personal risk.
Anti-social behaviour is separate. Transport police and records without usable locations are excluded.
Do not compare directly with Scottish council-level recorded crime totals.
These are retrieved mapped records, not a guarantee of complete crime reporting. Approximate locations and unmapped incidents limit comparisons.
Missing ward-months invalidate totals and changes. Busy centres attract visitors, so residential population is not a measure of the number of people exposed.
