Crime Rates at West Street, Oswestry, SY11 2BS

West Street area has the 4th highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Gobowen, Selattyn and Weston Rhyn , and the 52nd 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 West Street (SY11 2BS) in the last 12 months was 173.9 per 1,000 residents and was 268.7% 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 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 38 (≈ 110.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around West Street (SY11 2BS), 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.