Total Crime Rate

155.6 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 155.6 9/10
  • Shoplifting 69.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 26.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 19.9 5/10
  • Drugs 16.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.9 5/10
  • Other theft 6.6 6/10
  • Other crime 3.3 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.3 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Sandford Avenue area has the 12th highest crime rate of 83 local areas in Bagley , and the 71st highest crime rate of 1,001 local areas in Shropshire .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Sandford Avenue (SY1 3BE) in the last 12 months was 155.6 per 1,000 residents and was 172.9% higher than the Bagley average (57.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -70.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 23.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -58.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 24.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sandford Avenue (SY1 3BE), the main crime hotspot is near Wingfield Gardens. Police recorded 99 crimes here, including 38 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Sandford Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (17/17)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ditherington Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Powis Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Millers Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Wingfield Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wingfield Gardens Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour White House Gardens —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wingfield Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wingfield Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Wingfield Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wingfield Gardens —
Sep 2025Burglary Wingfield Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ditherington Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Ditherington Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Old Heath Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Old Heath Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Old Heath Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Old Heath Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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