Total Crime Rate
98.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
60.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Dairy Close area has the 10th highest crime rate of 60 local areas in Market Drayton East , and the 154th highest 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 Dairy Close (TF9 1EB) in the last 12 months was 98.5 per 1,000 residents and was 1.6% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 60.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dairy Close (TF9 1EB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 51 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shropshire Street (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dairy Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cheshire Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shropshire Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shropshire Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Mary'S Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Mercian Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Mary'S Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St Mary'S Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shropshire Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Smithfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Longlands Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grosvenor Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Unicorn Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shropshire Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St Mary'S Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Phoenix Bank | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Phoenix Bank | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Phoenix Bank | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Phoenix Bank | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cross Street | Under investigation |
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