Total Crime Rate
378.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
195.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Spinney Path area has the 6th highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Abbey , and the 15th highest crime rate of 1,000 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 Spinney Path (SY2 5PR) in the last 12 months was 378.1 per 1,000 residents and was 500.4% higher than the Abbey average (63.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 38 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 48 (≈ 195.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Spinney Path (SY2 5PR), the main crime hotspot is near Police Station. Police recorded 65 crimes here, including 39 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vennington Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clive Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Police Station | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Twyfords Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hinton Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vennington Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Caradoc Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Caradoc Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Caradoc Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Caradoc Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crowmere Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mynd Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vennington Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Mynd Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Abbots Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Abbots Close | Under investigation |
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