Postcode · Shaftesbury
Crime in SP7 8GN
How much crime is recorded in SP7 8GN, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Shaftesbury
- Council
- Dorset
- Region
- South West
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,173 (2024)
SP7 8GNShaftesbury
How safe is SP7 8GN
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 19.4 offences per 1,000 people a year in the SP7 8GN area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 5 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
5/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
19.4
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
40
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).
SP7 8GNNational
Violence and sexual offences17.423.6
Anti-social behaviour13.710.7
Shoplifting1.68.4
Drugs1.62.4
Other theft1.54.5
Vehicle crime1.33.5
Burglary1.39.1
Public order1.14.6
Criminal damage and arson1.04.7
Robbery0.41.4
Other crime0.11.5
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 16% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
40
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.