Crime Rates at Park Avenue, Oswestry, SY11 1AY

Park Avenue area has the 13th lowest crime rate of 28 local areas in Gobowen, Selattyn and Weston Rhyn , and the 365th highest crime rate of 1,000 local areas in Shropshire .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Park Avenue (SY11 1AY) in the last 12 months was 51.4 per 1,000 residents and was 8.9% higher than the Gobowen, Selattyn and Weston Rhyn average (47.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 21.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -75.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Park Avenue (SY11 1AY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Willow Street, where police recorded 35 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Oswald Place (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.