Photo: My another account · Public domainViolence recorded in Tisbury is up 46% in a year, while towns its size held steady
Violence & sexual offences: police recorded 81 in Tisbury in the 12 months to August 2026, 35.6 per 1,000 residents against 16.6 in a typical town its size. All told, Tisbury grades C+ for safety: close to the middle of UK towns, on crimes police recorded inside its built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026. Out of every 1,000 residents, 26.7 violent and sexual offences and 8.4 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage are reported annually.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Tisbury
Violent crime rose over the year
In the 12 months to August 2026 police recorded 46% more violent crime per resident in Tisbury than in the year before; across UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people violent crime held steady. Trend ↓
More crime than many places its size
Of 550 UK towns of 2,000 to 3,000 people, Tisbury has the 377th lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Stowupland, Rowlands Castle and Brewood, higher than Charing, Upper Halliford and Witchford. Towns its size ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
What’s behind Tisbury’s grade
A fairly firm grade. Built on 236 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Tisbury against every UK town of 1,000 or more.
Per resident, against all UK towns; beside it, how it compares with towns its size.
How crime in Tisbury has moved
“Towns its size” pools all UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people that police.uk covers each month (Greater Manchester has no data).
Rolling twelve-month rate, per 1,000 residents a year (longer windows for smaller places, where a few crimes swing a month). In the 12 months to August 2026 against the 12 before: violent +46% (towns its size +3%), homes and vehicles +10% (towns its size +0%).
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Against the typical town its size, Tisbury runs highest on violence & sexual offences (35.6 per 1,000 against 16.6) and anti-social behaviour (8.4 per 1,000 against 5.3).
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 81 | 35.6 | 16.6 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 19 | 8.4 | 5.3 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 8 | 3.5 | 0 |
| Public order | not graded | 8 | 3.5 | 2.4 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 8 | 3.5 | 1.5 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 7 | 3.1 | 3.2 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 7 | 3.1 | 1.6 |
| Other theft | not graded | 5 | 2.2 | 2.5 |
| Drugs | not graded | 2 | 0.9 | 0.6 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 1 | 0.4 | 0 |
| Other crime | not graded | 0 | 0 | 1.1 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robbery | Violent | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Theft from the person | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0 |
“Violent” is police.uk’s violence and sexual offences (which includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury), robbery and possession of weapons. Anti-social behaviour isn’t a crime category; shoplifting and other theft happen mostly in shops and town centres rather than to residents, so neither counts in the grade.
September 2025 to August 2026, per 1,000 residents. The tick on each bar is the typical (median) town among UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people.
Tisbury is 377th of 550 UK towns of 2,000 to 3,000
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richhill Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon | 2,738 | 6.2 | 2.8 | 3 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 4 | Colerne Wiltshire | 2,415 | 6.9 | 2.6 | 1.4 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 48 | Redlynch and Woodfalls Wiltshire | 2,446 | 8.7 | 7.1 | 1.9 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 85 | Whaddon Wiltshire | 2,283 | 11.8 | 6.4 | 3.7 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 118 | Rudloe Wiltshire | 2,863 | 13.4 | 6.4 | 2.1 | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 374 | Charing Kent | 2,170 | 21.5 | 13.4 | 5.1 | B− |
| 375 | Upper Halliford Surrey | 2,337 | 23.7 | 11.3 | 4.3 | B− |
| 376 | Witchford Cambridgeshire | 2,386 | 24.2 | 10.9 | 18 | C+ |
| 377 | Tisbury Wiltshire | 2,274 | 26.7 | 8.4 | 5.2 | C+ |
| 378 | Lindford Hampshire | 2,740 | 26.4 | 9 | 4 | C+ |
| 379 | Watlington Oxfordshire | 2,438 | 24.1 | 11.4 | 5.6 | C+ |
| 380 | Wheelock Cheshire | 2,155 | 29.7 | 5.7 | 2.9 | C+ |
| … | ||||||
| 550 | Avonmouth Bristol | 2,643 | 82.9 | 54.6 | 60.4 | D− |
Safety letters rank against every UK town of 1,000 or more; the order here is context only.
Graded crime per 1,000 residents a year, September 2023 to August 2026, counting from the least: towns ranked near Tisbury, and others in Wiltshire.
Crime in Tisbury per 1,000 residents
A crime isn’t a victim: one person can report several, and crimes in a town centre often involve visitors rather than residents.
And about 10 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 6 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
No one died in a collision on Tisbury’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 4 collisions with injuries inside Tisbury in five years. 1 person was killed or seriously injured: 1 on foot and 0 on a bicycle.
Most UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people (94%) had no road deaths in these five years, and Tisbury is one of them.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Tisbury’s size at the median for UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people would see about 1 people killed or seriously injured in five years; Tisbury had 1.
Casualties are counted where the collision happened, not where people lived: a main road through town adds through-traffic, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Seriously injured uses the Department for Transport’s adjusted figures, which even out the police forces’ different ways of recording injuries. There’s no national rate here: more than half of road deaths in England and Wales (58%) happen outside every town’s built-up area. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), 2021–2025.
Collisions police recorded inside Tisbury’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Tisbury
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tisbury | 2,274 | 26.7 | 8.4 | C+ |
| Shaftesbury | 9,163 | 22.3 | 14.4 | C+ |
| Motcombe | 1,366 | 3.2 | 2.7 | A+ |
| Mere | 2,808 | 18.2 | 11 | B |
| Gillingham | 11,009 | 20 | 9.4 | B |
| Wilton | 4,300 | 22.8 | 11.8 | B− |
| Warminster | 18,018 | 26.7 | 13.4 | C+ |
| Shrewton | 1,722 | 15.5 | 8.7 | B+ |
Tisbury records more graded crime per resident than 5 of its 7 neighbours; only Shaftesbury and Warminster record more. Motcombe, 6.2 miles away, records 3.2 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Tisbury’s 26.7.
Per 1,000 residents a year, the same three years. Tap a town for its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Where crimes happen, not where victims live. police.uk places each crime at a point near where it happened. Town centres with shops, stations, a hospital and nightlife record more crime per resident, and residents of nearby villages who come in to shop or go out are part of that count.
- Bigger towns record more per resident. Across UK towns, recorded crime per resident rises steeply with size, more than in the U.S., so a city’s grade sits low against the whole UK. The “towns its size” figures show where Tisbury sits among towns like it; they are context and don’t change the grade.
- Points are approximate. police.uk moves each point to the nearest of a set of anonymous map points, so crimes near the edge of the built-up area can fall either side of it.
Questions about safety in Tisbury
Is Tisbury safe?
Police recorded 26.7 violent and sexual offences and 8.4 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Tisbury’s built-up area). That earns a C+ for safety: less crime per resident than 44% of UK towns. Among 550 UK towns of 2,000 to 3,000 people, Tisbury is 377th from the least crime.
Is crime going up in Tisbury?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime rose 46%, burglary, vehicle crime and damage rose 10%, shoplifting and theft fell 28% and anti-social behaviour rose 27%. Across UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Tisbury?
Violence & sexual offences: 81 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came shoplifting (8) and public order (8), with 19 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Tisbury compare with Salisbury?
Salisbury records 34.3 violent and sexual offences and 15.1 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Tisbury’s 26.7 and 8.4, over the same three years.
Sources: data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · MHCLG English Indices of Deprivation 2025, crime domain by LSOA (residents from ONS Census 2021) · Department for Transport road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions 2021–2025, points inside the built-up-area boundary · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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