Crime Rates by Incident Type

The following graph shows recorded crime between June 2017 and July 2018 in this LSOA area. Statistics are released by police.uk on a regular basis.

  UK AverageThis Area
Anti-social behaviour
3632
Burglary
112
Robbery
20
Vehicle Crimes
1211
Violent Crimes
5142
Shoplifting
104
Criminal Damage / Arson
1513
Theft
198
Drugs
52
Other Crimes
30
Possession of Weapons
120

West Mercia PoliceTerritorial police force

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West Mercia Police, formerly known as West Mercia Constabulary, is the territorial police force responsible for policing the counties of Herefordshire, Shropshire (including Telford and Wrekin) and Worcestershire in England. The force area covers 2,868 square miles (7,430 km2) making it the fourth largest police area in England and Wales. The resident population of the area is 1.19 million.

Contacts / Social Media

TwitterWMerciaPolice
Facebookwestmerciapolice
Websitehttp://westmercia.police.uk/

Facts & Figures

Area typeNon-metropolitan county of Worcestershire and unitary authorities of Herefordshire, Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin
Officers2,391 police officers
Budget£184.3m annually
Area size7,408 sq km
Formed1967
JurisdictionEngland and Wales

WEST MERCIA POLICE NEIGHBOURHOOD PRIORITIES

Friday, August 2, 2019

ISSUE:

Issue

u00a0Speeding onu00a0Shawbury Road in Wem
ACTION:

Action

u00a0Patrol activity to keep our roads safer will continue to be conducted.

The speeding priorityu00a0 is being actioned by weekly speed reassurance /enforcement


Monday, May 6, 2019

ISSUE: In the case of the more serious issue of drug taking
ACTION: Au00a0number of drugs arrests have been made


Sunday, September 2, 2018

ISSUE: Drug dealing on a local housing estate.
ACTION: Drug dealing activities disrupted.


New West Mercia Police priorities and concerns for this neighbourhood will be published here once they are announced by West Mercia Police through the data.police.uk portal.


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