Total Crime Rate

684.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 684.5 10/10
  • Shoplifting 340.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 82.0 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 53.6 10/10
  • Public order 50.5 10/10
  • Other theft 41.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 37.9 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.9 9/10
  • Robbery 18.9 10/10
  • Drugs 15.8 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 9.5 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.5 8/10
  • Theft from the person 6.3 7/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other 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

Upper Road area has the highest crime rate of 83 local areas in Bayston Hill, Column and Sutton , and the 8th highest crime rate of 1,001 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 Upper Road (SY3 9JP) in the last 12 months was 684.5 per 1,000 residents and was 1023.5% higher than the Bayston Hill, Column and Sutton average (60.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 108 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 2 cases , down -60.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -62.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 51 (≈ 160.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 2.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 8.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Upper Road (SY3 9JP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Stapleton Road, where police recorded 18 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Meole Rise (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

View Crime In Bayston Hill, Column and Sutton

Crime Over Time in Upper Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (4/4)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Church Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Church Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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