Total Crime Rate

113.4 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 113.4 8/10
  • Shoplifting 41.2 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 41.2 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.7 4/10
  • Public order 7.7 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.2 4/10
  • Other theft 5.2 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.2 5/10
  • 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
  • Theft from the person 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

Thompson Drive area has the 7th highest crime rate of 32 local areas in Whitchurch North , and the 126th highest crime rate of 1,001 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 Thompson Drive (SY13 1JH) in the last 12 months was 113.4 per 1,000 residents and was 37.6% 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 49.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 26.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Thompson Drive (SY13 1JH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Meadow View Road, where police recorded 16 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Thompson Drive (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Thompson Drive area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Meadow View Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thompson Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sharps Drive
Sep 2025Other theft Meadow View Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Poplar Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Belton Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Greenfields Way Under investigation

Data Sources

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