Postcode · Shrewsbury
Crime in SY4 3EA
How much crime is recorded in SY4 3EA, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Baschurch, Cockshutt & Harmer Hill
- Council
- Shropshire
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,693 (2024)
SY4 3EAShrewsbury
How safe is SY4 3EA
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 17.4 offences per 1,000 people a year in the SY4 3EA 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
17.4
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
24
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 3EANational
Burglary17.99.1
Violence and sexual offences10.723.6
Public order1.74.6
Anti-social behaviour1.610.7
Other theft1.54.5
Criminal damage and arson0.84.7
Vehicle crime0.63.5
Possession of weapons0.40.9
Other crime0.31.5
Theft from the person0.22.1
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 40% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
5
10
15
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.