Total Crime Rate

104.1 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 104.1 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 55.8 9/10
  • Other crime 18.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.9 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.4 6/10
  • Other theft 3.7 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.7 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Pound Close area has the highest crime rate of 40 local areas in Bishop's Castle , and the 138th 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 Pound Close (SY9 5DJ) in the last 12 months was 104.1 per 1,000 residents and was 101.3% higher than the Bishop's Castle average (51.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 55.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Pound Close (SY9 5DJ), the main crime hotspot is near Market Square. Police recorded 14 crimes here, including 8 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Pound Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodbatch Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodbatch Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Corricks Rise Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Corricks Rise Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Corporation Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime The Beeches Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Market Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary High Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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