Total Crime Rate
120.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
60.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ventry Close area has the 12th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Salisbury Fisherton & Bemerton Village , and the 198th 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 Ventry Close (SP1 3ES) in the last 12 months was 120.7 per 1,000 residents and was 100.0% higher than the Salisbury Fisherton & Bemerton Village average (60.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 60.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ventry Close (SP1 3ES), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bower Hill Road, where police recorded 17 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Churchill Way North (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Salisbury| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bower Hill Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Rougemont Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Estcourt Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wordsworth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Churchill Way North | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Churchill Way North | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bower Hill Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bower Hill Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Churchill Way North | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Estcourt Road | Under investigation |
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