Old Sarum & Lower Bourne Valley ward · Wiltshire. Every figure carries its own date.
Boundary: May 2026. Census and crime records have different dates and purposes.
What makes this ward different?
People aged 65 or over: 13.9% here, compared with 21.9% across Wiltshire (8 percentage points lower).
Age helps locate demand for accessible homes, transport and support. Being older does not itself mean someone needs care.
21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.
Why this comparison is valid
The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.
People aged 16+ with a degree or equivalent: 38.4% here, compared with 34.2% across Wiltshire (4.2 percentage points higher).
Qualifications show local skills, not whether people have secure jobs or use those skills at work.
21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.
Why this comparison is valid
The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.
People aged 16+ with no qualifications: 10.6% here, compared with 14.4% across Wiltshire (3.8 percentage points lower).
Formal qualifications are only one part of someone's skills. Training decisions also need current vacancies, employment and residents' experience.
21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.
Why this comparison is valid
The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.
Police-recorded locations for Old Sarum & Lower Bourne Valley ward. Locations are approximate; these are not all crimes or a measure of personal risk.
321 mapped crimes
September 2025 to August 2026. Compared with 352 in the previous 12 months. Anti-social behaviour is counted separately.
Mapped crime over time
September 2024 to August 2026
Old Sarum & Lower Bourne Valley ward · mapped crimes
Reviewed figures: September 2024 to August 2026. This reviewed record covers fewer than 30 years, so the chart opens on all of it.
Shown on this chart: 22 mapped crimes in September 2024; 26 mapped crimes in August 2026. These are recorded counts; check the coverage notes before comparing periods.
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September 2024August 2026
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Monthly crime and anti-social behaviour
Recorded locations by month · Old Sarum & Lower Bourne Valley
Month
Mapped crime
Anti-social behaviour
September 2024
22
5
October 2024
48
3
November 2024
27
6
December 2024
28
2
January 2025
21
4
February 2025
27
2
March 2025
30
1
April 2025
19
11
May 2025
28
6
June 2025
34
3
July 2025
40
11
August 2025
28
14
September 2025
29
4
October 2025
19
8
November 2025
22
2
December 2025
20
4
January 2026
33
4
February 2026
33
14
March 2026
34
9
April 2026
24
7
May 2026
31
1
June 2026
21
6
July 2026
29
9
August 2026
26
7
Crime categories in the latest complete year
September 2025 to August 2026 · Old Sarum & Lower Bourne Valley
Category
Mapped crimes
violent crime
192
public order
38
criminal damage arson
28
other theft
15
vehicle crime
13
burglary
11
other crime
8
drugs
6
shoplifting
5
possession of weapons
3
robbery
1
bicycle theft
1
What these numbers include
Approximate published locations, not every crime or personal risk.
Anti-social behaviour is separate. Transport police and records without usable locations are excluded.
Do not compare directly with Scottish council-level recorded crime totals.
These are retrieved mapped records, not a guarantee of complete crime reporting. Approximate locations and unmapped incidents limit comparisons.
Missing ward-months invalidate totals and changes. Busy centres attract visitors, so residential population is not a measure of the number of people exposed.
