Total Crime Rate

179.0 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 179.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 77.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 46.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.5 7/10
  • Drugs 6.2 6/10
  • Other theft 6.2 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.2 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.1 4/10
  • Burglary 3.1 3/10
  • Other crime 3.1 3/10
  • Public order 3.1 2/10
  • Shoplifting 3.1 2/10
  • Theft from the person 3.1 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Gravel Hill area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 37 local areas in Ludlow East , and the 57th 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 Gravel Hill (SY8 1QS) in the last 12 months was 179.0 per 1,000 residents and was 146.8% higher than the Ludlow East average (72.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 80.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 36.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 6.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Gravel Hill (SY8 1QS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hospital, where police recorded 42 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Upper Galdeford (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Gravel Hill area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (2/2)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Gravel Hill Under investigation
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Data Sources

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