Crime Rates at Highfields, Market Drayton, TF9 3EL

Highfields area has the 25th highest crime rate of 60 local areas in Market Drayton East , and the 398th highest crime rate of 1,000 local areas in Shropshire .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Highfields (TF9 3EL) in the last 12 months was 47.6 per 1,000 residents and was 52.4% 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 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Shoplifting ( -14.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 27.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Highfields (TF9 3EL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Kings Avenue, where police recorded 16 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Salisbury Road (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.