Total Crime Rate

66.7 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 66.7 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 35.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 14.0 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.0 5/10
  • Public order 7.0 6/10
  • Other theft 3.5 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Old Chirk Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 31 local areas in St Martin's , and the 284th highest crime rate of 1,001 local areas in Shropshire .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Old Chirk Road (SY11 3LW) in the last 12 months was 66.7 per 1,000 residents and was 24.5% higher than the St Martin's average (53.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 233.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 21.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 32.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Old Chirk Road (SY11 3LW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Henry Robertson Drive (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Old Chirk Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Trewern Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Henry Robertson Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences New Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cornwall Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thomas Penson Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Trumpet Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Trumpet Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Chirk Road —
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Data Sources

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