Corsham Police
Corsham is safe and relatively free of crime and anti-social behaviour. The town has a very proactive local team of neighbourhood officers and police community support officers (PCSOs), who are part of the bigger Chippenham Community Policing Team (CPT).
To contact Corsham CPT about a community-related matter (not crimes) you can email ChippenhamAreaCPT@wiltshire.pnn.police.uk. For non-urgent crimes and incidents, call 101 or use the Report a Crime facility on the Wiltshire Police website.
For emergencies, always call 999.
For the latest local policing news, you can follow Corsham Police on Facebook, or sign up for Wiltshire and Swindon Community Messaging to receive free messaging about policing and crime matters.
Defibrillators
The Town Council is responsible for three defibrillators in Corsham. Cabinets can be opened by calling 999 for an access code, which will also summon an ambulance. Using the defibrillators is completely self-explanatory – no training is required – with recorded step-by-step instructions at every stage.
The defibrillators are in the following locations;
- Newlands Road, on the wall of the public toilets in the Co-Op car park. Accessible 24/7.
- The Royal Oak pub, in the car park behind the building. Accessible 24/7.
- The Town Hall, inside the main foyer. Please note that this defibrillator is only accessible from 9am-5pm Monday to Thursday and from 9am-4.30pm on Fridays.
Corsham Bowls Club, on Station Road, also has an accessible defibrillator on the outside of the building, while other sports clubs and Springfield Campus have defibrillators available for emergencies involving their users/customers.
To find the sites of defibs in Corsham (although it’s not an exhaustive list), visit Defibfinder.
CCTV
Alongside the CCTV already in town run and funded by others (eg Martingate), the Town Council has two mobile CCTV cameras that can be moved around between a number of fixed points, often at the request of the local police. They are a useful tool in preventing and detecting crime around Corsham. Locations include Springfield, the Town Hall, Katherine Park, the High Street, High Street Car Park, Newlands Road and Pickwick Road.
Speed Indicator Device (SID)
The Town Council has two Speed Indicator Devices (SIDs) that are used in various locations around the parish. The SIDs are able to record data from traffic in two directions and can be used to determine average speeds, traffic volume and the 85th percentile (the speed that 85% of vehicles do not exceed). They do not record registration numbers. The data can be used to highlight areas in need of speed checks by the local police.
Emergency Plan
Corsham Town Council has an Emergency Plan in place to guide us, and other local stakeholders, through the required actions to help support the local community in an emergency situation. The Plan covers flooding, heavy snow, loss of utilities, a major incident (eg a rail crash) and a public health emergency. It is regularly checked and updated.
