Postcode · Shrewsbury
Crime in SY3 7RX
How much crime is recorded in SY3 7RX, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Shrewsbury Sutton & Coleham
- Council
- Shropshire
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,587 (2024)
SY3 7RXShrewsbury
How safe is SY3 7RX
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 19.9 offences per 1,000 people a year in the SY3 7RX 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
19.9
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
37
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 7RXNational
Violence and sexual offences16.323.6
Criminal damage and arson6.14.7
Anti-social behaviour3.710.7
Burglary3.59.1
Drugs2.82.4
Public order2.14.6
Other theft1.74.5
Vehicle crime1.23.5
Possession of weapons0.70.9
Other crime0.61.5
Bicycle theft0.51.0
Robbery0.41.4
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.