Total Crime Rate
464.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
259.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Winchester Street area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Salisbury Milford , and the 20th highest crime rate of 1,622 local areas in Wiltshire .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Winchester Street (SP1 1HB) in the last 12 months was 464.4 per 1,000 residents and was 451.5% higher than the Salisbury Milford average (84.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 46 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -7.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 62 (≈ 259.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 29.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -75.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Winchester Street (SP1 1HB), the main crime hotspot is near Queen Street. Police recorded 190 crimes here, including 91 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Guilder Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Winchester Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Police Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Waverley Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gigant Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gigant Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Milford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Winchester Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Winchester Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Winchester Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fulford Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Endless Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Edmund'S Church Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Brewery Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Brewery Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Belle Vue Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Queen Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | New Canal | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Guilder Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greencroft Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Minster Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Minster Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Minster Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Minster Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Minster Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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