Wiltshire Police

Crime in Salisbury City Centre

Street-level crime statistics for Salisbury City Centre based on official UK Police data. Updated January 2026.

Data covers February 2023 – January 2026 1,674 crimes in last 12 months
6 / 100 High Crime

Safety Score

1,674 Crimes (last 12 months)
↓1.1% vs Previous 12 Months
6/100 Safety Score
10.6% Crimes with Outcome

Crime Zone Map

Neighbourhood boundaries coloured by safety score. Click adjacent zones to explore.

Very Safe (85+) Safe (65–84) Average (45–64) Below Avg (25–44) High Crime (0–24)

Crime by Category

Last 12 months — 1,674 total crimes recorded in Salisbury City Centre

Violent Crime
532 31.8%
↑11%
Anti-Social Behaviour
408 24.4%
↓17%
Shoplifting
179 10.7%
Public Order
137 8.2%
Criminal Damage & Arson
131 7.8%
Other Theft
85 5.1%
↑23%
Drugs
45 2.7%
↑7%
Other Crime
39 2.3%
↑26%
Bicycle Theft
35 2.1%
↑30%
Burglary
24 1.4%
↓41%
Theft from Person
21 1.3%
↓16%
Vehicle Crime
15 0.9%
↓35%
Robbery
12 0.7%
↑33%
Possession of Weapons
11 0.7%
↑57%

Monthly Crime Trend

Month-by-month crime totals for Salisbury City Centre

Top Crime Hotspots

Highest-crime street locations in Salisbury City Centre (12 months)

Other Neighbourhoods — Wiltshire Police

Highworth Colebrook Lower Stratton Kingsdown Queensfield Stratton Village Upper Stratton Rodbourne Gorse Hill Penhill Pinehurst Whitworth Road Rodbourne Cheney Moredon Eldene Liden Park North Park South Walcot East Walcot West Covingham Nythe Greenmeadow Haydon Wick Woodhall Park and Taw Hill Abbey Meads St Andrews Blunsdon Thames Vale Villages Lawn Old Town Okus Chiseldon and Badbury Ridgeway Villages Wroughton Broad Street Area Shrivenham Road Area Eastcott York Road Victoria Road Kingshill and Rushey Platt Westcott Swindon Town Centre Ramleaze and Nine Elms Shaw and Eastleaze Sparcells and Peatmoor Westlea Freshbrook Grange Park Toothill Bradford On Avon Town Bradford On Avon Rural Tisbury Pewsey East Pewsey West Melksham Town Melksham Rural North Melksham Rural South Corsham Town Corsham Rural Westbury Town Westbury Rural Marlborough Town Marlborough Rural East Marlborough Rural West Tidworth Ludgershall and Rural Amesbury Town Amesbury Rural Durrington, Larkhill and Bulford Calne Town Calne Rural Wootton Bassett Town Wootton Bassett Rural Cricklade and Purton Chippenham Town Centre Chippenham Town West Chippenham Town North East Chippenham Town South Chippenham Rural Warminster Town Warminster Rural Friary and Southampton Rd Castle Road and Bishopdown Bemerton Heath St Pauls and Churchfields Harnham Trowbridge Central Adcroft and Paxcroft Longfield College Studley Green Trowbridge Rural Alderbury and Laverstock Downton Mere Wilton Wilton Rural Malmesbury Town Malmesbury Rural Ashton Keynes and Minety Devizes Town Devizes Rural North Devizes Rural South View all Wiltshire Police neighbourhoods
Data source: All crime data is sourced from the UK Police Open Data API, operated by the Home Office, and is published under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Last updated: January 2026. Crime records show street-level location and category only — no personal information is included.