Total Crime Rate

364.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

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 364.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 159.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 88.4 10/10
  • Public order 30.6 10/10
  • Other theft 27.2 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 23.8 10/10
  • Other crime 20.4 10/10
  • Drugs 3.4 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.4 5/10
  • Robbery 3.4 4/10
  • Theft from the person 3.4 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

High Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 32 local areas in Whitchurch North , and the 16th 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 High Street (SY13 1AU) in the last 12 months was 364.0 per 1,000 residents and was 341.5% higher than the Whitchurch North average (82.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 47 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -58.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 58 (≈ 197.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -19.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around High Street (SY13 1AU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 63 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near B5398 (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in High Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Highgate
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Yardington Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Yardington Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Yardington
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Public order Newtown Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rosemary Lane Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Public order Rosemary Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order St Alkmund Meadow Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Alkmund Meadow
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime B5398 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B5398 Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Roman Way
Sep 2025Drugs High Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sherrymill Hill

Data Sources

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