Total Crime Rate

97.0 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 97.0 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 47.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.0 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.0 7/10
  • Public order 10.0 7/10
  • Other theft 7.5 7/10
  • Drugs 5.0 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.5 2/10
  • Other crime 2.5 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.5 1/10
  • Burglary 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
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

Mill Road area has the 26th highest crime rate of 77 local areas in Abbey , and the 162nd 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 Mill Road (SY2 6AY) in the last 12 months was 97.0 per 1,000 residents and was 42.7% 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 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -55.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 57.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -5.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Mill Road (SY2 6AY), the main crime hotspot is near Sparrow Lane. Police recorded 27 crimes here, including 11 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Mill Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clifford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Sparrow Lane Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Abbey Foregate —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Abbey Foregate Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Abbey Foregate Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Rocke Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Newhall Gardens Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clifford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Long Meadow Drive —
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Data Sources

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