Total Crime Rate

237.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 237.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 92.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 46.3 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 37.0 10/10
  • Public order 21.6 9/10
  • Burglary 9.3 8/10
  • Drugs 9.3 8/10
  • Other theft 9.3 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.2 6/10
  • Robbery 3.1 3/10
  • Shoplifting 3.1 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Brown Street area has the 4th highest crime rate of 40 local areas in Salisbury Harnham East , and the 56th highest crime rate of 1,627 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 Brown Street (SP1 1HE) in the last 12 months was 237.7 per 1,000 residents and was 27.9% higher than the Salisbury Harnham East average (185.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 71.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -42.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -74.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Brown Street (SP1 1HE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Minster Street, where police recorded 177 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (90 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Brown Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Chipper Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Greencroft Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Greencroft Street —
Sep 2025Drugs Queen Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Queen Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Queen Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Queen Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Police Station —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Police Station —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Police Station —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Queen Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Queen Street Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Queen Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Queen Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Catherine Street —
Sep 2025Theft from the person Minster Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Culver Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs St Ann Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Minster Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Minster Street —
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Minster Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Minster Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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