Total Crime Rate

21.2 per 1,000 2/10 · Very Low

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 21.2 2/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 12.4 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.5 2/10
  • Other crime 1.8 1/10
  • Other theft 1.8 1/10
  • Public order 1.8 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 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

Burden Drive area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 22 local areas in Laverstock , and the 391st lowest crime rate of 1,627 local areas in Wiltshire .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Burden Drive (SP1 3RD) in the last 12 months was 21.2 per 1,000 residents and was 53.4% lower than the Laverstock average (45.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Anti-social behaviour ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 14.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -7.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Burden Drive (SP1 3RD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hensler Drive, where police recorded 8 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Holmes Road (5 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Burden Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hensler Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Howes Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Howes Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wolferstan Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Monxton Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Monxton Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Appleshaw Way —
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Data Sources

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