Total Crime Rate

91.4 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 91.4 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 33.2 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 19.4 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.6 9/10
  • Other theft 11.1 8/10
  • Shoplifting 8.3 5/10
  • Other crime 2.8 2/10
  • 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
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Maer Lane area has the 12th highest crime rate of 60 local areas in Market Drayton East , and the 177th highest crime rate of 1,001 local areas in Shropshire .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Maer Lane (TF9 1QX) in the last 12 months was 91.4 per 1,000 residents and was 8.3% lower than the Market Drayton East average (99.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 19.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Maer Lane (TF9 1QX), the main crime hotspot is near Fairfields Road. Police recorded 40 crimes here, including 27 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Maer Lane area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Fairfields Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Campbell Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fairfields Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fairfields Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grosvenor Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Linden Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Linden Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Fairfields Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Linden Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cheshire Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cheshire Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cheshire Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Fairfields Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Campbell Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cheshire Gardens
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Campbell Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Jubilee Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Grosvenor Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Grosvenor Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Maer Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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