Crime Rates at The Crescent, Shrewsbury, SY1 1TH

The Crescent area has the 25th highest crime rate of 77 local areas in Abbey , and the 154th highest crime rate of 1,001 local areas in Shropshire .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around The Crescent (SY1 1TH) in the last 12 months was 98.6 per 1,000 residents and was 45.1% higher than the Abbey average (68.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 27.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -38.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Crescent (SY1 1TH), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 105 crimes here, including 76 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.