Crap Towns / Oswestry / Crime

How much crime is there in Oswestry?

The police recorded 74.1 crimes per 1,000 people a year in Oswestry from September 2023 to August 2026, about the same as the typical town's 76.2. The most common was violence and sexual offences, at 35.6. In the 12 months to August 2026 it was 71.9, down from 79.4 in the 12 months to August 2024.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
September 2023 to August 2024	79.4	78.6
September 2024 to August 2025	71.2	77.4
September 2025 to August 2026	71.9	73.7

**By type**
Crime	Here	Typical town
Violence and sexual offences	35.6	34.1
Shoplifting	9.8	7.1
Criminal damage and arson	6.8	7.0
Other theft	6.7	5.4
Public order	6.2	6.6
Other crime	1.9	2.0
Burglary	1.8	3.1
Drugs	1.8	2.4
Vehicle crime	1.4	3.8
Robbery	0.7	0.6
Possession of weapons	0.7	0.8
Bicycle theft	0.4	0.5
Theft from the person	0.4	0.4

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Crimes per 1,000 people a year
Wrexham	22.1 km	137
Welshpool	22.6 km	122
Acrefair and Cefn-mawr	13.5 km	86.0
Shrewsbury	25.6 km	80.3
Oswestry	–	74.1
Rhosllannerchrugog	16.7 km	73.3
Gwersyllt	24.0 km	70.9
Brynteg	24.2 km	60.7
Whitchurch	27.3 km	60.5
Wem	22.0 km	53.1
Bayston Hill	27.4 km	16.7
The typical town	–	76.2