Postcode · Ludlow
Crime in SY8 3DF
How much crime is recorded in SY8 3DF, 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
- 1,523 (2024)
SY8 3DFLudlow
How safe is SY8 3DF
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 16.2 offences per 1,000 people a year in the SY8 3DF 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
16.2
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
20
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 3DFNational
Violence and sexual offences13.823.6
Burglary4.09.1
Anti-social behaviour2.310.7
Vehicle crime1.03.5
Other theft0.74.5
Criminal damage and arson0.74.7
Public order0.54.6
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 13% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
5
10
15
20
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.