Shrewsbury Rural West vs The Nedge

Shrewsbury Rural West has a safety score of 3/100 (High Crime) and recorded 1,686 crimes in the last 12 months. The Nedge has a safety score of 4/100 (High Crime) with 1,413 crimes. The Nedge scores higher on the CrimeRadar safety index.

Shrewsbury Rural West shows a year-on-year crime trend of +17% — meaning total crimes rose compared to the same period the prior year. The Nedge shows +8.9% (rising). A downward trend is a positive sign for an area.

In Shrewsbury Rural West, the most recorded crime category over the last 12 months is Violent Crime (758 incidents). In The Nedge, it is Violent Crime (436 incidents). The full breakdown by category is shown in the chart above.

Shrewsbury Rural West recorded 317 anti-social behaviour incidents in the last 12 months, while The Nedge recorded 187. Anti-social behaviour includes rowdiness, nuisance and disorder that disrupts daily life but may not result in a criminal charge.

Violent crime in Shrewsbury Rural West totalled 758 incidents over the last 12 months, compared to 436 in The Nedge. Violent crime includes assault with and without injury, harassment, and public order offences.

In the 12 months prior to the most recent period, Shrewsbury Rural West recorded 1,441 crimes (now 1,686, a change of +17%). The Nedge recorded 1,298 crimes previously (now 1,413, +8.9%).

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. Shrewsbury Rural West has a resolution rate of 14.5% and The Nedge has 11.2%. A higher rate indicates police are more frequently resolving reported crimes in that area.

Shrewsbury Rural West falls within the West Mercia Police boundary. The Nedge 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 Shrewsbury Rural West and The Nedge. You can view interactive maps, monthly trends and hotspot locations by visiting each neighbourhood's full statistics page linked above.