Crime Rates at Salop Road, Oswestry, SY11 2NS

Salop Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 29 local areas in Gobowen, Selattyn and Weston Rhyn , and the 144th highest crime rate of 1,001 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 Salop Road (SY11 2NS) in the last 12 months was 102.3 per 1,000 residents and was 124.2% 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 Shoplifting with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 22.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -55.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -15.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Salop Road (SY11 2NS), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 77 crimes here, including 40 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.