Shifnal
TownTown in Shropshire, West Midlands.
Shifnal is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Shifnal add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own.
Radon Affected Area by town
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 55% of people in Shifnal live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Shifnal compares
Each dot is a town. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Shifnal safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Shifnal at a rate of 56.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 93.4 per 1,000 people across West Midlands.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 58 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Shifnal.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (275), other crime (95) and criminal damage and arson (43).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Shifnal was 59.0 per 1,000 people.
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.
Deprivation in Shifnal, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Shifnal has no single figure. Of its 5 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in Shifnal
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shropshire 025A | 1,363 | 125.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 96.2% |
| Shropshire 025B | 1,398 | 17.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 84.7% |
| Shropshire 025C | 2,798 | 25.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 83.1% |
| Shropshire 025D | 1,607 | 102.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 94.0% |
| Shropshire 025G | 1,773 | 50.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
Your MP
- Mark PritchardConservativeMP for The Wrekin
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Council1
Postcode districts covering Shifnal1
Middle areas in Shifnal1
Towns near Shifnal6
Shifnal in brief
Shifnal is a town in Shropshire, West Midlands.
About 9,681 people lived in Shifnal in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £266,000 in 2025 across 142 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 56.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Shifnal was £266,000 in 2025.
Shifnal had 8,973 usual residents at the census.
About 55% of people in Shifnal live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Shifnal, 95.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.