Bishops Castle and Craven Arms Rural vs Headless Cross and Oakenshaw

Bishops Castle and Craven Arms Rural has a safety score of 37/100 (Below Average) and recorded 418 crimes in the last 12 months. Headless Cross and Oakenshaw has a safety score of 27/100 (Below Average) with 604 crimes. Bishops Castle and Craven Arms Rural scores higher on the CrimeRadar safety index.

Bishops Castle and Craven Arms Rural shows a year-on-year crime trend of +34.4% — meaning total crimes rose compared to the same period the prior year. Headless Cross and Oakenshaw shows +11.7% (rising). A downward trend is a positive sign for an area.

In Bishops Castle and Craven Arms Rural, the most recorded crime category over the last 12 months is Violent Crime (202 incidents). In Headless Cross and Oakenshaw, it is Violent Crime (236 incidents). The full breakdown by category is shown in the chart above.

Bishops Castle and Craven Arms Rural recorded 50 anti-social behaviour incidents in the last 12 months, while Headless Cross and Oakenshaw recorded 90. Anti-social behaviour includes rowdiness, nuisance and disorder that disrupts daily life but may not result in a criminal charge.

Violent crime in Bishops Castle and Craven Arms Rural totalled 202 incidents over the last 12 months, compared to 236 in Headless Cross and Oakenshaw. Violent crime includes assault with and without injury, harassment, and public order offences.

In the 12 months prior to the most recent period, Bishops Castle and Craven Arms Rural recorded 311 crimes (now 418, a change of +34.4%). Headless Cross and Oakenshaw recorded 541 crimes previously (now 604, +11.7%).

The resolution rate is the percentage of recorded crimes that resulted in a formal outcome — such as a charge, caution, penalty notice, or community resolution. Bishops Castle and Craven Arms Rural has a resolution rate of 14.8% and Headless Cross and Oakenshaw has 12.8%. A higher rate indicates police are more frequently resolving reported crimes in that area.

Bishops Castle and Craven Arms Rural falls within the West Mercia Police boundary. Headless Cross and Oakenshaw is covered by West Mercia Police. Each force operates independently and publishes crime data through the national UK Police API.

CrimeRadar uses 36 months of official recorded crime data from the UK Police API, updated each month. The safety score combines crime volume relative to the force average, year-on-year trend direction, and resolution rate. All figures are based on crimes recorded within each police-defined neighbourhood boundary.

Yes — CrimeRadar has individual crime map pages for both Bishops Castle and Craven Arms Rural and Headless Cross and Oakenshaw. You can view interactive maps, monthly trends and hotspot locations by visiting each neighbourhood's full statistics page linked above.