Postcode · Ludlow
Crime in SY8 4BS
How much crime is recorded in SY8 4BS, 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
- 1,266 (2024)
SY8 4BSLudlow
How safe is SY8 4BS
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 8.2 offences per 1,000 people a year in the SY8 4BS area, less than half the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 2 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
2/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Lower than most neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
8.2
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
13
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 4BSNational
Burglary8.09.1
Violence and sexual offences4.723.6
Anti-social behaviour2.010.7
Other theft1.64.5
Vehicle crime1.03.5
Public order0.84.6
Shoplifting0.38.4
Criminal damage and arson0.04.7
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 63% 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.