Crime Rates at Salop Road, Oswestry, SY11 2RL

Salop Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 29 local areas in Gobowen, Selattyn and Weston Rhyn , and the 80th highest crime rate of 1,001 local areas in Shropshire .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Salop Road (SY11 2RL) in the last 12 months was 148.4 per 1,000 residents and was 225.3% 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 74.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 108.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 15.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Salop Road (SY11 2RL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Llys Lane, where police recorded 24 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Park Street (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.