Crime Statistics for Croeswallt, Oswestry, Shropshire, 2024

Crime statistics for Croeswallt, Oswestry

There were a total of 137 street level crime incidents in Croeswallt in February 2024. 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 Croeswallt, 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 Crime53
Anti Social Behaviour21
Shoplifting16
Criminal Damage Arson13
Other Theft12
Public Order6
Possession Of Weapons5
Vehicle Crime3
Other Crime3
Burglary2
Robbery1
Drugs1
Bicycle Theft1
All Crime137

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

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

How grim is your Postcode?

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 Croeswallt

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Croeswallt137
Park Hall (1.39 miles)69
Mile Oak (1.39 miles)6
Morda (1.39 miles)5
Babbinswood (2.55 miles)3
Maesbury (2.56 miles)1
Tyn-y-coed (2.56 miles)1
Coed y go (1.75 miles)1
Newbridge (2.56 miles)1
Henlle (3.1 miles)1

12.72%
of Oswestry South residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Croeswallt?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Croeswallt53
Park Hall30
Mile Oak3
Morda2
Babbinswood0
Maesbury0
Tyn-y-coed0
Coed y go0
Newbridge0
Henlle0

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

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 Croeswallt 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 Croeswallt compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Croeswallt and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Croeswallt is ranked #4.

#WardScore
1Chirk South97
2Llandysilio96
3Oswestry East44
4Oswestry South37
5Oswestry West30
6St Oswald23
7The Meres19
8St Martin's19
9Gobowen, Selattyn and Weston Rhyn16
10Whittington14
11Ruyton and Baschurch6

Which road in Croeswallt has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: February 2024
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