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Shropshire crime rate and statistics (council area)
Updated October 2026.
Police published 19,220 street-crime records for the Shropshire council area from September 2025 to August 2026. That is 3.0% fewer than in the 12 months before. The rate is 59.4 per 1,000 residents counted in the Census 2021, against 78.1 for West Mercia Police. A residents-only rate reads high where many people visit. Police locations are approximate.
These figures cover the whole area Shropshire council runs. Its boundary can differ from the place people call Shropshire: it can take in other towns and villages, and part of a town can sit in a neighbouring council area.
September 2025 to August 2026. Street-crime records include anti-social behaviour.
Street-crime records
19,220
Latest month (August 2026)
1,766
Year-on-year
-3.0%
Month-by-month totals
1,8630
1.5k
Sep
1.6k
Oct
1.6k
Nov
1.6k
Dec
1.4k
Jan
1.5k
Feb
1.7k
Mar
1.5k
Apr
1.6k
May
1.8k
Jun
1.9k
Jul
1.8k
Aug
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Month
Street-crime records
September 2025
1,528
October 2025
1,598
November 2025
1,595
December 2025
1,556
January 2026
1,426
February 2026
1,482
March 2026
1,651
April 2026
1,450
May 2026
1,552
June 2026
1,753
July 2026
1,863
August 2026
1,766
Street-crime records per 1,000 residents
Published street-crime records (including anti-social behaviour), September 2025 to August 2026, per 1,000 usual residents in the Census 2021.
Shropshire council area
59.4
West Mercia Police
78.1
Residents are the Census 2021 usual residents of every postcode the ONS Postcode Directory places in this council area, added up by CrimeMapsUK from the census postcode counts. Records are assigned through the same postcodes, so both numbers cover the same ground. The total can differ slightly from the council's official population.
19,220 records and 323,674 residents. Residents-only rates overstate crime where many people visit who do not live there, such as city centres, stations, and retail parks. Residents are counted at March 2021 while records are current, so areas with many newer homes can read higher.
No England and Wales comparison is shown, because not every force involved has published every month of this window.
Rates cover England and Wales only. Residents: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021 postcode estimates, Open Government Licence v3.0. How rates are built.
Top crime categories
Share of the Shropshire council area's records in the same trailing window. The black line on each bar marks the England and Wales share for the same months.
Violence and sexual offences44.1%
8,467 records · England and Wales 35.5%
Anti-social behaviour13.3%
2,559 records · England and Wales 15.7%
Criminal damage and arson8.5%
1,639 records · England and Wales 7.0%
Shoplifting7.0%
1,352 records · England and Wales 8.7%
Other theft6.8%
1,305 records · England and Wales 6.7%
Public order5.8%
1,123 records · England and Wales 6.9%
Burglary4.1%
785 records · England and Wales 3.7%
Drugs2.7%
510 records · England and Wales 3.4%
Where records cluster in the Shropshire council area
Held back: the Shropshire council area's postcodes spread so far that even the crime map's zoomed-out hexagons would draw too small on a phone to read as areas. Explore the Shropshire council area on the crime map.
Year by year
Calendar-year totals for the Shropshire council area (December 2013 to August 2026).
A council area follows the council's boundary (ONS local authority district E06000051), which can differ from the place people call Shropshire.
Published locations are approximate, and each record counts for the council area of its nearest postcode, using the council codes in the ONS Postcode Directory. Counts near the boundary are indicative.
These are counts of published police records, not all crime, and not a safety score.
Other sites can show a different figure for Shropshire. These counts include anti-social behaviour, cover the 12 published months shown, and assign each record by its nearest postcode. The rate divides by Census 2021 residents of the same postcodes, not by a later mid-year population estimate.
Districts with a page and at least 5% of their live postcodes in this council area. A district can cross a council boundary, so its page counts records on both sides.