Total Crime Rate

180.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 180.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 47.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 41.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 26.6 10/10
  • Shoplifting 26.6 7/10
  • Public order 20.7 9/10
  • Theft from the person 5.9 7/10
  • Burglary 3.0 2/10
  • Other crime 3.0 3/10
  • Other theft 3.0 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.0 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Sparrow Lane area has the 11th highest crime rate of 77 local areas in Abbey , and the 55th 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 Sparrow Lane (SY2 5EP) in the last 12 months was 180.5 per 1,000 residents and was 165.4% higher than the Abbey average (68.0 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 Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -78.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 68.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 27.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 43.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sparrow Lane (SY2 5EP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sparrow Lane, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Campbell Close (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Sparrow Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Woodlands Park —
Sep 2025Public order Sparrow Lane Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Long Meadow Drive —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clifford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clifford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Newhall Gardens Local resolution
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Data Sources

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