Postcode · Shrewsbury
Crime in SY4 4BD
How much crime is recorded in SY4 4BD, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Shawbury & Weston
- Council
- Shropshire
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,434 (2024)
SY4 4BDShrewsbury
How safe is SY4 4BD
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 16.4 offences per 1,000 people a year in the SY4 4BD 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
16.4
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 4BDNational
Violence and sexual offences12.223.6
Burglary9.89.1
Criminal damage and arson2.54.7
Anti-social behaviour1.710.7
Other theft1.54.5
Other crime1.41.5
Vehicle crime0.93.5
Possession of weapons0.50.9
Public order0.54.6
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat 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.