Crime Rates at High Street, Bishops Castle, SY9 5BE

High Street area has the 17th lowest crime rate of 38 local areas in Bishop's Castle , and the 479th lowest crime rate of 1,000 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 High Street (SY9 5BE) in the last 12 months was 37.0 per 1,000 residents and was 32.0% lower than the Bishop's Castle average (54.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 23.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -88.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around High Street (SY9 5BE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 12 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Welsh Street Gardens (5 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.