Eighteen arrests were made and 33 businesses visited in Wiltshire during a national operation targeting organised immigration crime.
Recorded sexual offences, stalking and harassment, and violence without injury have all increased in Wiltshire, according to the latest figures published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
Police and local authorities across Wiltshire and Swindon have new powers to tackle persistent anti-social behaviour, including restrictions preventing repeat offenders from entering town centres and shopping areas.
Three vehicles have been seized after police stopped an unauthorised abnormal load travelling through Wiltshire on the M4.
A 28-year-old man has been arrested after police found suspected illegal vape liquid containing Class B drugs at a high street business in the Chippenham area.
A man who admitted throwing polystyrene out of his car window after claiming he was trying to escape a wasp and even produced the dead insect during his interview with investigators, has been fined £1,000 by Wiltshire Council.