Postcode · Salisbury
Crime in SP5 2AF
How much crime is recorded in SP5 2AF, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Downton & Morgan's Vale
- Council
- Wiltshire
- Region
- South West
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,842 (2024)
SP5 2AFSalisbury
How safe is SP5 2AF
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 16.2 offences per 1,000 people a year in the SP5 2AF area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 4 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
4/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
16.2
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
29
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Recorded offences per 1,000 people a year (counting both residents and people who work locally, or per 1,000 households for burglary).
SP5 2AFNational
Violence and sexual offences14.223.6
Anti-social behaviour5.210.7
Burglary4.89.1
Criminal damage and arson4.14.7
Other theft2.84.5
Public order0.84.6
Vehicle crime0.73.5
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 16% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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20
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.