Shifnal Rural
WardEast Shropshire. About 5,997 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 135 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 13% of people in Shifnal Rural live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Shifnal Rural compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Shifnal Rural safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Shifnal Rural at a rate of 28.1 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, 16 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Shifnal Rural.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (69), other crime (34) and criminal damage and arson (17).
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 ward, so they describe all of Shropshire and not Shifnal Rural alone. See Shropshire
Shifnal Rural in brief
Shifnal Rural had 5,819 usual residents at the census.
About 13% of people in Shifnal Rural live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Shifnal Rural, 51.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Shifnal Rural, 1.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.