Postcode · Ludlow
Crime in SY8 3AY
How much crime is recorded in SY8 3AY, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Cleobury Mortimer, Burford & Ashford Carbonell
- Council
- Shropshire
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,584 (2024)
SY8 3AYLudlow
How safe is SY8 3AY
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 20.5 offences per 1,000 people a year in the SY8 3AY area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 5 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
5/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
20.5
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
31
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).
SY8 3AYNational
Violence and sexual offences18.923.6
Burglary4.69.1
Criminal damage and arson3.34.7
Other theft3.34.5
Other crime1.61.5
Anti-social behaviour1.210.7
Public order1.24.6
Vehicle crime0.43.5
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 11% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.