Total Crime Rate

71.0 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

27.0 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 71.0 6/10
  • Violent crimes 27.0 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 23.7 5/10
  • Drugs 20.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.8 4/10
  • Burglary 6.8 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.4 2/10
  • Other crime 3.4 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.4 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.4 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Pale Meadow Road area has the 20th highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Bridgnorth East and Astley Abbotts , and the 255th highest crime rate of 1,000 local areas in Shropshire .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Pale Meadow Road (WV15 6BE) in the last 12 months was 71.0 per 1,000 residents and was 19.9% lower than the Bridgnorth East and Astley Abbotts average (88.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 27.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -17.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Pale Meadow Road (WV15 6BE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near St Johns Street, where police recorded 33 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Doctors Lane (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Pale Meadow Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Horse Grove Hill Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Underhill Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Doctors Lane Under investigation

Data Sources

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