Total Crime Rate
86.0 per 1,000
All offences · 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 8BY) 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 area’s 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 (≈ 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 8BY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Orchid View, where police recorded 7 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rifles Lane (1 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
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