Crime Rate in Bishop's Castle, ward

Bishop's Castle has the 28th highest crime rate of 63 wards in Shropshire district and the 2752nd lowest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (West Midlands), it has the 258th lowest crime rate of 745 wards.

The overall crime rate in Bishop's Castle in the last 12 months was 51.7 per 1,000 residents and was 16.1% lower than the Shropshire district average (61.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Bishop's Castle’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 94 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -58.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 103 (≈ 28.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 49.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Bishop's Castle ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Parking Area, with 19 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Park/Open Space (12 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.