Total Crime Rate

108.3 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 108.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 41.7 8/10
  • Shoplifting 29.2 7/10
  • Other theft 12.5 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.3 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.3 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.2 6/10
  • Theft from the person 4.2 6/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

High Street area has the 4th highest crime rate of 41 local areas in Church Stretton and Craven Arms , and the 134th highest crime rate of 1,001 local areas in Shropshire .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around High Street (SY6 6BU) in the last 12 months was 108.3 per 1,000 residents and was 139.4% higher than the Church Stretton and Craven Arms average (45.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 41.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -37.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -12.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around High Street (SY6 6BU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 10 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near High Street (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

View Crime In Church Stretton and Craven Arms

Crime Over Time in High Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (3/3)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stretton Farm Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brooksbury Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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