Total Crime Rate
3.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
3.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Birchwood Drive area has the lowest crime rate of 95 local areas in Amesbury East & Bulford , and the 9th 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 Birchwood Drive (SP4 8ER) in the last 12 months was 3.2 per 1,000 residents and was 93.1% lower 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 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violent crimes ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Birchwood Drive (SP4 8ER), the main crime hotspot is near Ivors Court. Police recorded 25 crimes here, including 20 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Durrington| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Robin Hill Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Glendale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Robin Hill Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | B3085 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Addison Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Paddock Wood | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ivors Court | Under investigation |
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