The feeling of safety is paramount in all our lives. 
If you feel safe you feel content.

In Shrewsbury there is a well-managed scheme designed to tackle business crime and improve safety in our own centre.

The Safer Shrewsbury Scheme is a real working partnership between the police, the councils and the businesses – the successes result in a reduced levels of shoplifting, crimes of violence and intimidation and anti-social behaviour in shops and licensed premises to the benefit of both workers and customers.

Measures such as CCTV, radio links, photograph and information sharing, and exclusion orders are all in place in Shrewsbury and the efficient management of both the Shopwatch and Pubwatch day and night schemes ensure that Shrewsbury is one of the safest towns in the UK.

The town centre ShopWatch scheme was launched in 1999 and was joined by Pubwatch in 2003. There are now 120 members linked by radio to one another, the CCTV service and to the police.