Postcode · Shrewsbury
Crime in SY5 8AA
How much crime is recorded in SY5 8AA, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Cressage, Dorrington & Pulverbatch
- Council
- Shropshire
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,711 (2024)
SY5 8AAShrewsbury
How safe is SY5 8AA
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 15.7 offences per 1,000 people a year in the SY5 8AA 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
15.7
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).
SY5 8AANational
Violence and sexual offences13.423.6
Burglary3.89.1
Anti-social behaviour1.810.7
Criminal damage and arson1.54.7
Public order1.54.6
Drugs1.42.4
Possession of weapons1.00.9
Other crime0.81.5
Other theft0.74.5
Vehicle crime0.33.5
Shoplifting0.38.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 25% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
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Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.