Total Crime Rate

93.8 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 93.8 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 35.2 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 23.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.6 7/10
  • Other theft 11.7 8/10
  • Other crime 3.9 5/10
  • Public order 3.9 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Wessex Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Salisbury Milford , and the 262nd 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 Wessex Road (SP1 1LQ) in the last 12 months was 93.8 per 1,000 residents and was 5.7% higher than the Salisbury Milford average (88.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -20.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 39.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -16.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wessex Road (SP1 1LQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Wessex Road, where police recorded 24 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bourne Avenue (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Wessex Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wessex Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Elm Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wessex Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Estcourt Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Estcourt Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Estcourt Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bourne Avenue Under investigation
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Data Sources

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