Crime Rates at York Street, Oswestry, SY11 1NA

York Street area has the 7th highest crime rate of 29 local areas in Gobowen, Selattyn and Weston Rhyn , and the 125th highest crime rate of 1,001 local areas in Shropshire .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around York Street (SY11 1NA) in the last 12 months was 113.7 per 1,000 residents and was 149.3% higher than the Gobowen, Selattyn and Weston Rhyn average (45.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -14.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 46.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around York Street (SY11 1NA), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 50 crimes here, including 33 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.