Total Crime Rate

119.3 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 119.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 49.1 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 28.1 10/10
  • Other theft 10.5 8/10
  • Public order 10.5 7/10
  • Other crime 7.0 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.0 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.5 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.5 5/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Smithfield Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 60 local areas in Market Drayton East , and the 114th 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 Smithfield Road (TF9 1EW) in the last 12 months was 119.3 per 1,000 residents and was 19.7% higher than the Market Drayton East average (99.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -85.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -85.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 59.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 54.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -26.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Smithfield Road (TF9 1EW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 54 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Fairfields Road (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Smithfield Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Fairfields Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Unicorn Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stafford Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Fairfields Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Grosvenor Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Grosvenor Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Linden Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Linden Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Linden Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Maer Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grosvenor Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Jubilee Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Unicorn Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Unicorn Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Unicorn Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Fairfields Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fairfields Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cross Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cross Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fairfields Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Campbell Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Campbell Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Campbell Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Great Hales Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area

Data Sources

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