Total Crime Rate
246.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Shropshire Street area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 60 local areas in Market Drayton East , and the 37th highest crime rate of 1,001 local areas in Shropshire .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Shropshire Street (TF9 3DQ) in the last 12 months was 246.0 per 1,000 residents and was 146.7% 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 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -83.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -83.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 39 (≈ 157.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Shropshire Street (TF9 3DQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 29 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St Mary'S Street (17 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Shropshire Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Mercian Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Elizabeth Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Manor Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Normanbrook Court | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Mercian Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shropshire Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Frogmore Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Newtown | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shropshire Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Mercian Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Mercian Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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