Yes, and it is safer than most of Wiltshire. Crime runs about a fifth below the county rate. Unemployment barely registers. The one category where the town clearly beats the national share is shoplifting. In Marlborough the shops have more to worry about than the people who live there.
Police records for the twelve months from June 2025 to May 2026 count 537 crimes in Marlborough, a published rate of about 49 per 1,000 residents. That puts the town roughly 21% below the Wiltshire average. For a market town with a busy High Street, a school full of teenagers and pubs doing a steady trade, that is a restrained showing.
Across the whole Wiltshire Council area, the rate over the same twelve months is about 62 crimes per 1,000 residents. Marlborough is at 49. The gap between the two numbers is the answer to the question most buyers are asking.
Population density across the town averages about 2,960 people per square kilometre. That is a compact town, not a sprawl. Unemployment is about 2% and overcrowding about 2%. These figures describe the town: settled, employed and not short of space. They don't explain the crime figures on their own.
The mix is where a first-time reader can get spooked, so it's worth reading each share against the national figure. Violence and sexual offences make up about 31% of recorded crime here, against about 35% nationally. That is the largest category almost everywhere, it covers everything down to common assault without injury, and Marlborough actually sits below the national share. Anti-social behaviour is about 19%, against 16% nationally. Shoplifting is about 13%, against 8%, the clearest departure from the national pattern and one that hits retailers rather than residents. Public order and criminal damage are each about 8%, against about 7% nationally, and other theft is about 7%, level with the national share. Apart from shoplifting and a little extra anti-social behaviour, the town's crime looks much like everywhere else's, only less of it.
If you report a crime, the case goes to Wiltshire Police. Across the force, a suspect was charged in about 10% of cases over the twelve months to May 2026, against about 12% nationally, which ranks it 32nd of 42 forces. About 34% of cases were closed with no suspect identified. Those are force-wide figures covering the whole county. They tell you what happens after a report, not how likely you are to need to make one, and they have nothing to say about how safe Marlborough is.
Safety is one of Marlborough's real strengths. Crime is lower than across the rest of the county, and the category where the town stands out mostly lands on shop counters rather than front doors.