Crime Rates at Nelson Road, Salisbury, SP1 3LT

Nelson Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Salisbury Fisherton & Bemerton Village , and the 158th 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 Nelson Road (SP1 3LT) in the last 12 months was 125.0 per 1,000 residents and was 125.2% higher than the Salisbury Fisherton & Bemerton Village average (55.5 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 Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -65.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 55.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -51.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Nelson Road (SP1 3LT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 45 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Churchill Way West (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.