Crime Statistics for Castle Fields, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Castle Fields in September 2024. There were a total of 281 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Castle Fields, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime106
Anti Social Behaviour47
Public Order27
Shoplifting24
Criminal Damage Arson16
Other Theft14
Vehicle Crime12
Bicycle Theft10
Drugs9
Other Crime8
Burglary4
Possession Of Weapons2
Theft From The Person1
Robbery1
All Crime281

Map of street level crime incidents in September 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Castle Fields. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.



Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Castle Fields

We've taken the ten nearest places to Castle Fields and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Castle Fields has more crime than other surrounding areas.

LocationCrime Incidents
Shrewsbury (0.88 miles)409
Underdale281
Castle Fields281
Harlescott (1.39 miles)254
Gravelhill (1.24 miles)248
Spring Gdns226
Cherry Orchard (0.88 miles)207
Frankwell (1.24 miles)143
Monkmoor (0.62 miles)136
Uffington (1.24 miles)50

6.27%
of Underdale residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Castle Fields?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Castle Fields and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

LocationViolent Incidents
Shrewsbury341
Spring Gdns156
Underdale131
Gravelhill125
Harlescott111
Castle Fields106
Frankwell98
Cherry Orchard86
Monkmoor65
Uffington18

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Castle Fields?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Castle Fields to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Castle Fields compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Castle Fields and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Castle Fields is ranked #5.

#WardScore
1Castlefields and Ditherington69
2Sundorne64
3Quarry and Coton Hill58
4Bagley48
5Underdale35
6Monkmoor31
7Belle Vue31
8Tern30
9Porthill28
10Abbey23
11Bayston Hill, Column and Sutton16

Which road in Castle Fields has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Castle Fields with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around this marker.

Last updated: September 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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