Crime Rates at Watt Road, Salisbury, SP2 7UD

Watt Road area has the highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Salisbury Fisherton & Bemerton Village , and the 12th highest crime rate of 1,622 local areas in Wiltshire .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Watt Road (SP2 7UD) in the last 12 months was 598.7 per 1,000 residents and was 892.4% 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 93 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 116 (≈ 375.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 31.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Watt Road (SP2 7UD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Telford Road, where police recorded 10 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Brunel Road (4 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.