Crime Rates at Prince Street, Oswestry, SY11 1LB

Prince Street area has the 9th highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Gobowen, Selattyn and Weston Rhyn , and the 191st highest crime rate of 1,000 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 Prince Street (SY11 1LB) in the last 12 months was 86.6 per 1,000 residents and was 83.7% 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -14.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 39.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 37.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Prince Street (SY11 1LB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bailey Street, where police recorded 64 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (43 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.