Total Crime Rate
86.0 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Salisbury Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 29 local areas in Shaftesbury Town , and the 202nd highest crime rate of 1,293 local areas in Dorset .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Salisbury Road (SP7 8BS) in the last 12 months was 86.0 per 1,000 residents and was 12.3% higher than the Shaftesbury Town average (76.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 14 (β 29.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 75.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -16.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Salisbury Road (SP7 8BS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Mampitts Lane, where police recorded 25 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mead Way (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Shaftesbury Town| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Mampitts Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Marabout Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Mampitts Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Mampitts Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Mampitts Lane | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Coles Crescent | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Coles Crescent | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Coles Crescent | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Coles Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Mead Way | β |
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