Melksham South 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?
People aged 16+ with a degree or equivalent: 24.1% here, compared with 34.2% across Wiltshire (10.1 percentage points lower).
Qualifications show local skills, not whether people have secure jobs or use those skills at work.
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: 29.4% here, compared with 21.9% across Wiltshire (7.5 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 aged 16+ with no qualifications: 19.4% here, compared with 14.4% across Wiltshire (5 percentage points higher).
Formal qualifications are only one part of someone's skills. Training decisions also need current vacancies, employment and residents' experience.
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 Melksham South ward. Locations are approximate; these are not all crimes or a measure of personal risk.
349 mapped crimes
September 2025 to August 2026. Compared with 327 in the previous 12 months. Anti-social behaviour is counted separately.
Mapped crime over time
September 2024 to August 2026
Melksham South 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: 37 mapped crimes in September 2024; 32 mapped crimes in August 2026. These are recorded counts; check the coverage notes before comparing periods.
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Monthly crime and anti-social behaviour
Recorded locations by month · Melksham South
Month
Mapped crime
Anti-social behaviour
September 2024
37
9
October 2024
27
9
November 2024
27
7
December 2024
27
2
January 2025
21
4
February 2025
24
3
March 2025
22
1
April 2025
23
7
May 2025
25
9
June 2025
31
8
July 2025
36
12
August 2025
27
9
September 2025
27
14
October 2025
29
7
November 2025
23
4
December 2025
21
7
January 2026
25
4
February 2026
29
8
March 2026
29
19
April 2026
27
14
May 2026
20
9
June 2026
39
15
July 2026
48
17
August 2026
32
12
Crime categories in the latest complete year
September 2025 to August 2026 · Melksham South
Category
Mapped crimes
violent crime
160
shoplifting
54
public order
38
criminal damage arson
31
other theft
22
vehicle crime
13
burglary
8
other crime
6
drugs
5
bicycle theft
4
possession of weapons
3
robbery
3
theft from the person
2
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.
