Total Crime Rate
330.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Cross Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 60 local areas in Market Drayton East , and the 21st 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 Cross Street (TF9 1JA) in the last 12 months was 330.1 per 1,000 residents and was 231.1% 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 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -41.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 46 (≈ 147.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cross Street (TF9 1JA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 63 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cheshire Street (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Market Drayton East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Newtown | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Jubilee Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Unicorn Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Unicorn Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Unicorn Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shropshire Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stafford Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cross Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cross Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shropshire Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shropshire Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Grosvenor Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Grosvenor Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Mercian Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Mercian Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Mercian Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Mercian Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cheshire Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cheshire Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cheshire Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Great Hales Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Unicorn Court | Under investigation |
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