Postcode · Shrewsbury
Crime in SY3 5FT
How much crime is recorded in SY3 5FT, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Shrewsbury Copthorne & Bowbrook
- Council
- Shropshire
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,493 (2024)
SY3 5FTShrewsbury
How safe is SY3 5FT
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 17.7 offences per 1,000 people a year in the SY3 5FT area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 4 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
4/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
17.7
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
31
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 5FTNational
Violence and sexual offences15.723.6
Burglary7.39.1
Criminal damage and arson3.64.7
Anti-social behaviour3.410.7
Public order2.34.6
Other theft1.74.5
Other crime1.21.5
Vehicle crime0.63.5
Drugs0.42.4
Bicycle theft0.41.0
Possession of weapons0.10.9
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 50% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.