291 power cuts since 29 September, 51 of them on Friday 23 October
- 291new cuts since 29 Sept
- 51in one day, 23 Oct
- 41of 45 days with a cut
www.preparedbritain.co.uk/home-report/wiltshireOfficial feeds, counted daily
Right now: quiet. No unplanned power cuts in Wiltshire at 06:20.
Power cuts
291
new unplanned cuts in the Wiltshire area, on 41 of 45 days
Busiest day: 23 October, during Storms Austen and Boelo. Wiltshire had more cuts a day, for its size, than 91 of the 99 towns we track.
See every day →From our record of every cut SSEN publishes, read every 10 minutes and counted by the day each cut started; last counted Fri 13 Nov, 11:35. These are minimums. One fault can affect many streets, so this is how often cuts happen in the area, not how often one home loses power.
Flood
1 in 27
homes in Wiltshire has some flood risk
2,093 at high risk
Salisbury area guideEnvironment Agency, RoFRS edition v202606.
Weather
No Met Office warnings for South West England right now
All warningsMet Office, read Fri 13 Nov, 06:20.
Water
Wessex Water
Hosepipe ban in forceHosepipe bans as we last confirmed them, 5 Nov 2026.
Break-ins
Burglary rate
39% below averagepolice.uk, year ending March 2026 (police recorded crime).
If a cut at your home ran past 12 hours, you may be owed money. Check a cut
One message when something changes here.
Sources: SSEN live network data, read Fri 13 Nov, 06:20, counted daily by us (last Fri 13 Nov, 11:35). Environment Agency flood risk, RoFRS edition v202606. Met Office warnings, read Fri 13 Nov, 06:20. Water companies and the Environment Agency, for hosepipe bans, confirmed 5 Nov 2026. police.uk recorded crime, year ending March 2026 (police recorded crime). Figures cover the Wiltshire council area, not a single street.
