Total Crime Rate
89.5 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
52.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Unicorn Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 31 local areas in Oswestry East , and the 181st highest crime rate of 1,000 local areas in Shropshire .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Unicorn Road (SY11 2UD) in the last 12 months was 89.5 per 1,000 residents and was 27.1% higher than the Oswestry East average (70.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 10 (β 52.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Unicorn Road (SY11 2UD), the main crime hotspot is near Chaucer Road. Police recorded 31 crimes here, including 19 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Oswestry| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Unicorn Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chaucer Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Chaucer Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Monkmoor Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Meadow Lea | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen Elizabeth Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Unicorn Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Unicorn Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Monkmoor Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Unicorn Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whittington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sandringham Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sandringham Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gower Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gower Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Malory Road | β |
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