Crap Towns / Wem / Crime

How much crime is there in Wem?

The police recorded 53.1 crimes per 1,000 people a year in Wem from September 2023 to August 2026, 30% lower than the typical town's 76.2. The most common was violence and sexual offences, at 27.8. In the 12 months to August 2026 it was 58.1, up from 51.8 in the 12 months to August 2024.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
September 2023 to August 2024	51.8	78.6
September 2024 to August 2025	49.2	77.4
September 2025 to August 2026	58.1	73.7

**By type**
Crime	Here	Typical town
Violence and sexual offences	27.8	34.1
Criminal damage and arson	5.4	7.0
Public order	4.8	6.6
Shoplifting	3.9	7.1
Burglary	3.2	3.1
Other theft	2.9	5.4
Vehicle crime	1.5	3.8
Other crime	1.2	2.0
Possession of weapons	1.2	0.8
Drugs	0.5	2.4
Bicycle theft	0.3	0.5
Robbery	0.3	0.6
Theft from the person	0.1	0.4

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Crimes per 1,000 people a year
Telford	25.1 km	88.0
Acrefair and Cefn-mawr	27.0 km	86.0
Shrewsbury	16.4 km	80.3
Nantwich	27.0 km	75.4
Oswestry	22.0 km	74.1
Rhosllannerchrugog	27.8 km	73.3
Market Drayton	16.8 km	64.4
Whitchurch	12.7 km	60.5
Wem	–	53.1
Newport	25.4 km	47.3
Bayston Hill	20.6 km	16.7
The typical town	–	76.2