Total Crime Rate

97.0 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 97.0 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 30.3 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 24.2 8/10
  • Public order 24.2 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.1 8/10
  • Other theft 6.1 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Birch Row area has the 4th highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Longden , and the 163rd 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 Birch Row (SY5 0QQ) in the last 12 months was 97.0 per 1,000 residents and was 108.5% higher than the Longden average (46.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -28.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 54.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Birch Row (SY5 0QQ), the main crime hotspot is near Stallion Lane. Police recorded 9 crimes here, including 5 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Birch Row area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (12/12)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stallion Lane —
Sep 2025Drugs Bowler Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bailey Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Bailey Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bailey Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Manor Gardens —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Manor Gardens Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bowler Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wray Drive —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bowler Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brookside —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rosemary Way —
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Data Sources

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