Total Crime Rate
215.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
83.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Mills Way Business Centre area has the 4th highest crime rate of 95 local areas in Amesbury East & Bulford , and the 68th 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 Mills Way Business Centre (SP4 7AU) in the last 12 months was 215.2 per 1,000 residents and was 364.3% higher than the Amesbury East & Bulford average (46.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 44 (≈ 83.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Mills Way Business Centre (SP4 7AU), the main crime hotspot is near Sutton Close. Police recorded 48 crimes here, including 18 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Sutton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sutton Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pine Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Porton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sutton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sutton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sutton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
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