Total Crime Rate

84.6 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 84.6 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 30.2 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 24.2 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.1 8/10
  • Public order 9.1 7/10
  • Other theft 6.0 6/10
  • Other crime 3.0 3/10
  • 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

Ellesmere Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 20 local areas in Wem , and the 197th 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 Ellesmere Road (SY4 5TU) in the last 12 months was 84.6 per 1,000 residents and was 62.0% higher than the Wem average (52.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -27.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 33.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ellesmere Road (SY4 5TU), the main crime hotspot is near Ellesmere Road. Police recorded 3 crimes here, including 2 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Ellesmere Road area

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Data Sources

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