Postcode · Salisbury
Crime in SP5 3FB
How much crime is recorded in SP5 3FB, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Downton & Morgan's Vale
- Council
- Wiltshire
- Region
- South West
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,923 (2024)
SP5 3FBSalisbury
How safe is SP5 3FB
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 9.4 offences per 1,000 people a year in the SP5 3FB area, less than half the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 2 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
2/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Lower than most neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
9.4
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
27
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 3FBNational
Burglary9.59.1
Anti-social behaviour7.210.7
Violence and sexual offences5.223.6
Criminal damage and arson4.94.7
Other theft2.24.5
Vehicle crime1.63.5
Shoplifting1.68.4
Public order1.24.6
Other crime0.71.5
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 23% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
5
10
15
20
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.