Shropshire 008B
NeighbourhoodNorth Shropshire. 1,647 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 0.9 square kilometres.
Deprivation by neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025
In the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, Shropshire 008B is in decile 7.
How Shropshire 008B compares
Each dot is a neighbourhood. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Shropshire 008B safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Shropshire 008B at a rate of 24.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 70.2 per 1,000 people across Wem.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 3 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Shropshire 008B.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (22), other crime (7) and anti-social behaviour (6).
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 neighbourhood, so they describe all of Shropshire and not Shropshire 008B alone. See Shropshire
Shropshire 008B in brief
Shropshire 008B has a deprivation score of 11.5 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
The median price paid for a home in Shropshire 008B was £310,000 in 2025.
Shropshire 008B had 1,648 usual residents at the census.
In Shropshire 008B, 99.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.