Total Crime Rate
129.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
66.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026High Street area has the highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Ellesmere Urban , and the 90th 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 High Street (SY12 0EP) in the last 12 months was 129.3 per 1,000 residents and was 105.8% higher than the Ellesmere Urban average (62.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 66.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around High Street (SY12 0EP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Market Street, where police recorded 13 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Grosvenor Cottages (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Ellesmere Urban| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Brownlow Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grosvenor Cottages | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bridgewater Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Swan Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
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