Postcode · Shrewsbury
Crime in SY4 2DE
How much crime is recorded in SY4 2DE, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Baschurch, Cockshutt & Harmer Hill
- Council
- Shropshire
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,338 (2024)
SY4 2DEShrewsbury
How safe is SY4 2DE
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 13.3 offences per 1,000 people a year in the SY4 2DE area, less than half the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 3 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
3/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Lower than most neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
13.3
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
20
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).
SY4 2DENational
Violence and sexual offences10.723.6
Burglary8.39.1
Anti-social behaviour2.510.7
Other theft2.04.5
Public order1.14.6
Drugs0.62.4
Other crime0.61.5
Criminal damage and arson0.34.7
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 56% 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.