Postcode · Shrewsbury
Crime in SY4 5TW
How much crime is recorded in SY4 5TW, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Wem
- Council
- Shropshire
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,589 (2024)
SY4 5TWShrewsbury
How safe is SY4 5TW
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 16.1 offences per 1,000 people a year in the SY4 5TW 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
16.1
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
25
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 5TWNational
Violence and sexual offences13.123.6
Burglary8.89.1
Anti-social behaviour4.710.7
Other theft1.24.5
Drugs1.02.4
Other crime1.01.5
Public order0.64.6
Possession of weapons0.20.9
Criminal damage and arson0.24.7
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 32% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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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.