Crime Rates at Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6BW

Abbey Foregate 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 Abbey Foregate (SY2 6BW) 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 Abbey Foregate (SY2 6BW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 45 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Trafalgar Place (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.