Crime Rates at Salisbury Road, Shaftesbury, SP7 8ER

Salisbury Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 29 local areas in Shaftesbury Town , and the 336th highest crime rate of 1,290 local areas in Dorset .

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 Salisbury Road (SP7 8ER) in the last 12 months was 60.4 per 1,000 residents and was 16.0% lower than the Shaftesbury Town average (71.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 36.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Salisbury Road (SP7 8ER), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 26 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hawkesdene Lane (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.