Total Crime Rate
20.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
10.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bartons Lane area has the 13th lowest crime rate of 60 local areas in Market Drayton East , and the 228th lowest crime rate of 1,000 local areas in Shropshire .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Bartons Lane (TF9 1DB) in the last 12 months was 20.0 per 1,000 residents and was 80.0% lower than the Market Drayton East average (100.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 4 cases , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 10.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bartons Lane (TF9 1DB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Kings Avenue, where police recorded 16 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Salisbury Road (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Salisbury Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Red Bank Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clifford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Barton'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Salisbury Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Simons Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dalelands Estate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Salisbury Road | Under investigation |
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