Crime Rates at Roft Street, Oswestry, SY11 2EP

Roft 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 Roft Street (SY11 2EP) 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 Roft Street (SY11 2EP), 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.