Oswestry East
Middle areaNorth west Shropshire. 9,985 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 4.0 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 96% of people in Oswestry East live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Oswestry East
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Oswestry East at a rate of 64.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 57.7 per 1,000 people across Shropshire.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
| Kind of crime | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 307 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 114 |
| Other crime | 110 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 47 |
| Shoplifting | 24 |
| Drug offences | 17 |
| Burglary | 10 |
| Vehicle crime | 9 |
| Robbery | 2 |
| Theft from the person | 0 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Oswestry East compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Oswestry East safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Oswestry East at a rate of 64.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 57.7 per 1,000 people across Shropshire.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 44 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Oswestry East.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (307), anti-social behaviour (114) and other crime (110).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Shropshire
These figures are published for the whole of Shropshire, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Shropshire and not Oswestry East alone. See Shropshire
Oswestry East in brief
The median price paid for a home in Oswestry East was £205,000 in 2025.
Oswestry East had 9,918 usual residents at the census.
About 96% of people in Oswestry East live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Oswestry East, 97.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.