Postcode · Shrewsbury
Crime in SY4 5QA
How much crime is recorded in SY4 5QA, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Shawbury & Weston
- Council
- Shropshire
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,706 (2024)
SY4 5QAShrewsbury
How safe is SY4 5QA
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 8.4 offences per 1,000 people a year in the SY4 5QA area, less than half the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 2 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
2/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Lower than most neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
8.4
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
14
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 5QANational
Burglary7.69.1
Violence and sexual offences6.423.6
Anti-social behaviour1.910.7
Other theft1.74.5
Criminal damage and arson0.64.7
Other crime0.51.5
Possession of weapons0.50.9
Vehicle crime0.33.5
Drugs0.22.4
Public order0.14.6
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 28% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
2
5
8
10
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.