Crime Rate in St Martin's, ward

St Martin's has the 26th highest crime rate of 63 wards in Shropshire district and the 2908th lowest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (West Midlands), it has the 269th lowest crime rate of 745 wards.

The overall crime rate in St Martin's in the last 12 months was 53.6 per 1,000 residents and was 13.1% lower than the Shropshire district average (61.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, St Martin's’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 101 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 3 cases , down -40.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 127 (≈ 27.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the St Martin's ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Glenrid Services, with 37 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Petrol Station (14 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.