Total Crime Rate

104.1 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 104.1 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 33.5 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 29.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.2 7/10
  • Public order 11.2 8/10
  • Burglary 7.4 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.7 6/10
  • Drugs 3.7 4/10
  • Other theft 3.7 4/10
  • 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

Flagwall area has the 24th highest crime rate of 77 local areas in Abbey , and the 138th highest crime rate of 1,001 local areas in Shropshire .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Flagwall (SY2 5JR) in the last 12 months was 104.1 per 1,000 residents and was 53.1% 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -55.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 44.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Flagwall (SY2 5JR), the main crime hotspot is near Caradoc Crescent. Police recorded 27 crimes here, including 19 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Flagwall area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (12/12)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ragleth Gardens —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barleyfield Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Flagwall —
Sep 2025Public order Abbots Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lawley Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Abbots Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Abbots Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Coller Meadow Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Barleyfield Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Grinshill Drive —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clive Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Barleyfield Under investigation
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Data Sources

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