Crime Rates at Edward Street, Oswestry, SY11 2BN

Edward Street area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 28 local areas in Gobowen, Selattyn and Weston Rhyn , and the 55th lowest 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 Edward Street (SY11 2BN) in the last 12 months was 8.4 per 1,000 residents and was 82.2% lower 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 Anti-social behaviour with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 2.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Edward Street (SY11 2BN), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 51 crimes here, including 27 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.