Crime category | Share of all crimes | Ranking (95 postcode areas) | % of national crime rate | Crime volume | % annual change |
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Violent crime → | 38.9% | 16. lowest | 82% | 9.8k | -15.2% |
Antisocial behaviour crime → | 15.4% | 23. lowest | 73% | 3.9k | -17.1% |
Shoplifting crime → | 9.5% | 47. lowest | 99% | 2.4k | 53.1% |
Public order crime → | 8.8% | 27. lowest | 83% | 2.2k | -20.8% |
Criminal damage and arson crime → | 8.2% | 13. lowest | 76% | 2.0k | -15.2% |
Other theft crime → | 6.3% | 6. lowest | 58% | 1.6k | -19.3% |
Burglary crime → | 3.7% | 12. lowest | 64% | 934 | -15.3% |
Drugs crime → | 2.5% | 20. lowest | 68% | 627 | -16.5% |
Vehicle crime → | 2.4% | 6. lowest | 28% | 600 | -15.4% |
Other crime → | 1.9% | 26. lowest | 76% | 465 | -5.3% |
Possession of weapons crime → | 0.9% | 36. lowest | 77% | 238 | -2.9% |
Bicycle theft crime → | 0.6% | 6. lowest | 37% | 141 | -21.2% |
Robbery crime → | 0.5% | 11. lowest | 27% | 119 | 20.2% |
Theft from the person crime → | 0.4% | 11. lowest | 14% | 100 | -13.0% |
Crime category | Share of all crimes | Crime rate ranking | % of national crime rate | Crime volume | % annual change |
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The category of "shoplifting crime" is the highest ranking crime category when category crime rate is compared to the national average. "Shoplifting crime" rate is at 99% of national crime rate which puts Shrewsbury on 47. position out of 95 England's and Wales' postcode areas in this crime category. "Shoplifting crime" makes up 9.5% of all crimes committed in the area. The total number of "shoplifting crime" is 2.4k cases and has increased by 53.1% when compared year-over-year in the period of February 2023 - January 2024.