Postcode · Shrewsbury
Crime in SY4 5RQ
How much crime is recorded in SY4 5RQ, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Baschurch, Cockshutt & Harmer Hill
- Council
- Shropshire
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,555 (2024)
How safe is SY4 5RQ
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 14.9 offences per 1,000 people a year in the SY4 5RQ area, less than half 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
14.9
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
19
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Recorded offences per 1,000 people a year (counting both residents and people who work locally, or per 1,000 households for burglary).
SY4 5RQNational
Burglary15.69.1
Violence and sexual offences9.223.6
Public order1.34.6
Criminal damage and arson1.14.7
Vehicle crime0.93.5
Other theft0.64.5
Anti-social behaviour0.510.7
Possession of weapons0.50.9
Other crime0.41.5
Drugs0.02.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 35% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
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20
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.