Total Crime Rate

154.3 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 154.3 9/10
  • Shoplifting 71.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 49.4 8/10
  • Public order 18.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.1 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.1 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.1 2/10
  • Other crime 3.1 3/10
  • Other theft 3.1 2/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Hamlet Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 37 local areas in Ludlow East , and the 73rd 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 Hamlet Road (SY8 2NP) in the last 12 months was 154.3 per 1,000 residents and was 112.8% higher than the Ludlow East average (72.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -80.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 67.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 34.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hamlet Road (SY8 2NP), the main crime hotspot is near Sandpits Road. Police recorded 47 crimes here, including 24 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Hamlet Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bringewood Rise —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Gravel Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hucklemarsh Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sycamore Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Henley Orchards Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sandpits Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sandpits Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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