Total Crime Rate

391.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 391.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 194.2 10/10
  • Public order 61.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 42.1 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 29.1 10/10
  • Other theft 16.2 9/10
  • Shoplifting 16.2 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 16.2 9/10
  • Burglary 9.7 8/10
  • Drugs 3.2 3/10
  • Other crime 3.2 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Watt Road area has the highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Salisbury Fisherton & Bemerton Village , and the 22nd highest crime rate of 1,627 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 391.6 per 1,000 residents and was 605.4% 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 60 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 216.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -16.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 79 (≈ 255.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 107.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Watt Road (SP2 7UD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Brunel Road, where police recorded 8 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Watt Road (3 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Watt Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (3/3)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Newton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Watt Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Watt Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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