Total Crime Rate
131.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
78.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cedar Close area has the 7th highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Salisbury Bemerton Heath , and the 163rd 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 Cedar Close (SP2 9JA) in the last 12 months was 131.3 per 1,000 residents and was 50.2% higher 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 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 78.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cedar Close (SP2 9JA), the main crime hotspot is near Cooks Close. Police recorded 27 crimes here, including 19 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Salisbury| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Westwood Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cedar Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodside Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barnards Hill Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barnards Hill Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Barnards Hill Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Barnards Hill Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Barnards Hill Drive | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Rambridge Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pinewood Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maryland Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maryland Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maryland Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westwood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westwood Road | Under investigation |
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