Total Crime Rate
35.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
23.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Woodside Road area has the 5th lowest crime rate of 24 local areas in Salisbury Bemerton Heath , and the 728th lowest crime rate of 1,622 local areas in Wiltshire .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Woodside Road (SP2 9EF) in the last 12 months was 35.7 per 1,000 residents and was 59.1% lower than the Salisbury Bemerton Heath average (87.4 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 Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 23.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -42.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Woodside Road (SP2 9EF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Glyndebourne Close, where police recorded 24 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Barnards Hill Drive (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Salisbury| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cedar Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Barnards Hill Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Barnards Hill Drive | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Barnards Hill Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barnards Hill Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barnards Hill Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodside Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | The Valley | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | The Valley | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St Michael'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | A360 | — |
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