Crime Rates at Upper Church Street, Oswestry, SY11 2AD

Upper Church Street area has the 13th highest crime rate of 29 local areas in Gobowen, Selattyn and Weston Rhyn , and the 233rd highest crime rate of 1,001 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 Upper Church Street (SY11 2AD) in the last 12 months was 76.9 per 1,000 residents and was 68.6% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 30.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Upper Church Street (SY11 2AD), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 55 crimes here, including 33 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.