Total Crime Rate
50.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
28.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Upper Isbury area has the 20th highest crime rate of 51 local areas in Marlborough East , and the 639th highest crime rate of 1,622 local areas in Wiltshire .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Upper Isbury (SN8 4AY) in the last 12 months was 50.6 per 1,000 residents and was 7.3% higher than the Marlborough East average (47.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( 27.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 28.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 27.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Upper Isbury (SN8 4AY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Savernake Court, where police recorded 13 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Priory Court (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Eric Leader Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Priory Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Culvermead Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Eric Leader Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Savernake Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eric Leader Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | George Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | William Merriman Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jennings Road | Under investigation |
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