Shrubbery Gardens
Suburb · 90 residents
55Good
Good · better than 3 in 10 suburbs
Check Local Score out of 100 · 60 is typical for the country
Each arc is a topic, coloured by its score
What’s good
- Less recorded crime than is typical: 44 per 1,000 people a year against 100
- Affordability scores 70, well above the typical 60
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- Transport scores 32, below the typical 60
The essentials
Everyday life
The area
Around Shrubbery Gardens
Map outline: Approximate — no official boundary exists for this neighbourhood
Is Shrubbery Gardens a good place to live?
Shrubbery Gardens scores 55/100 overall, which the scorecard rates as good — 60 is typical for the country.
It stands out for safety (80) and affordability (70).
It scores lowest on transport (32).
Scores come from official data on safety, schools, transport, prices, health, food & drink and the local environment, for Shrubbery Gardens in West Midlands, each measured against the national average.
Summary of Shrubbery Gardens
Shrubbery Gardens doesn't give up much if you go looking for it on paper, but Shropshire itself tells you something: a county of market towns and market gardens, more expensive than the regional average and priced above the England-wide median too, which points to a place people move to rather than through.
There isn't enough here on schools, transport links, or the shape of the streets themselves to say who you'd meet on a walk round the block, or what a For Sale board would actually promise you. I won't guess at a station name or a park that isn't in front of me.
What the wider figures do suggest is a county where housing costs sit a touch above both the regional and national norm, and where that premium likely buys you the things Shropshire is known for rather than anything specific to this one corner of it. If you're weighing up Shrubbery Gardens itself, it's worth getting hold of the local detail — the school, the commute, the crime picture on this particular street — before deciding whether the county's general pull applies here too.
Data last updated: 19 October 2026