Postcode · Shrewsbury
Crime in SY3 5FD
How much crime is recorded in SY3 5FD, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Bomere Heath & Montford Bridge
- Council
- Shropshire
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,721 (2024)
SY3 5FDShrewsbury
How safe is SY3 5FD
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 19.3 offences per 1,000 people a year in the SY3 5FD area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 5 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
5/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
19.3
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
33
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Offences per 1,000 people a year, at-risk population (residents plus people who work here; households for burglary).
SY3 5FDNational
Violence and sexual offences17.723.6
Other theft4.14.5
Anti-social behaviour2.610.7
Criminal damage and arson2.04.7
Burglary1.69.1
Drugs1.52.4
Public order1.54.6
Other crime1.31.5
Shoplifting0.88.4
Vehicle crime0.73.5
Robbery0.41.4
Possession of weapons0.20.9
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.