Total Crime Rate

181.5 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 181.5 9/10
  • Shoplifting 51.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 41.1 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 37.7 9/10
  • Burglary 13.7 9/10
  • Public order 13.7 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 10.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.9 5/10
  • Other crime 3.4 4/10
  • Other theft 3.4 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Margarets Close area has the 5th highest crime rate of 94 local areas in Amesbury East & Bulford , and the 96th 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 Margarets Close (SP4 7XP) in the last 12 months was 181.5 per 1,000 residents and was 292.6% higher than the Amesbury East & Bulford average (46.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 65.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 33.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Margarets Close (SP4 7XP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Margarets Close, where police recorded 32 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Haragon Drive (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Margarets Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (11/11)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Keel Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Keel Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Pouncette Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Rushworth Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Margarets Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nevill Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Pouncette Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harvard Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pouncette Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Denton Drive —
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Data Sources

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