Total Crime Rate
27.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
10.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Salisbury Road area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 20 local areas in Hungerford & Kintbury , and the 158th lowest crime rate of 491 local areas in West Berkshire .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Salisbury Road (RG17 0AE) in the last 12 months was 27.1 per 1,000 residents and was 46.6% lower than the Hungerford & Kintbury average (50.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 10.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Salisbury Road (RG17 0AE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Fairfields Close, where police recorded 18 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Moore'S Place (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Atherton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Church Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orchard Park Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orchard Park Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Atherton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Atherton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Atherton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sarum Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sarum Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sarum Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairfields Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moore'S Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moore'S Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moore'S Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fairfields Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moore'S Place | Under investigation |
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