Total Crime Rate

52.3 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 52.3 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 22.0 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.0 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.5 4/10
  • Other theft 5.5 5/10
  • Public order 5.5 5/10
  • Other crime 2.8 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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

St James Road area has the 38th highest crime rate of 77 local areas in Abbey , and the 370th highest crime rate of 1,001 local areas in Shropshire .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around St James Road (SY2 5YH) in the last 12 months was 52.3 per 1,000 residents and was 23.0% lower 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -55.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 27.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -24.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around St James Road (SY2 5YH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hillside Drive, where police recorded 11 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Harcourt Crescent (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in St James Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (3/3)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tenbury Drive —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tenbury Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Cartland Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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