Total Crime Rate
598.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Salisbury Road area has the highest crime rate of 46 local areas in Marchwood & Eling , and the 2nd highest crime rate of 549 local areas in New Forest .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Salisbury Road (SO40 3PY) in the last 12 months was 598.0 per 1,000 residents and was 546.3% higher than the Marchwood & Eling average (92.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 68 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -70.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 95 (≈ 310.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -23.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Salisbury Road (SO40 3PY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Maynard Road, where police recorded 118 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (55 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Marchwood & Eling| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Oakmount Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Junction Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Junction Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Junction Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Junction Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Junction Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | South Parade | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Jackie Wigg Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | South Parade | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Haselbury Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Sunny Way | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sunny Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beaumont Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Arundel Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Maynard Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Maynard Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Maynard Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Maynard Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
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