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Street reports in Wem

People reported 18 street problems on FixMyStreet within 1.5 miles of the middle of Wem in the last month, more than the middle Shropshire area (8). That makes it the 40th busiest of 132 Shropshire areas for reports. The problem reported most here was street Light Out (4 of 18); across Shropshire it is carriageway pothole. Reports of overgrown Trees/Hedges are more common here than in most of Shropshire: 17% of reports (3), against 6% across Shropshire.

SY4, Shropshire · within 1.5 miles of the middle of Wem

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18problems reportedin the last month
0marked fixed0% of this month’s reports so far
Street Light Outmost reported4 of 18
40 of 132Shropshire rank1st has the most reports

Reported in the last month

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What gets reported here

ProblemReportsShare in WemShare in Shropshire
Street Light Out422%11%
Carriageway pothole317%12%
Overgrown Trees/Hedges317%6%
Carriageway surface problem211%3%
Dangerous Tree16%2%
Litter bin problem16%1%
Other Highways issue16%9%
Street light timing issue16%0%

In the councils’ own words; councils name some problems differently.

Wem against Shropshire

Last monthWemMiddle Shropshire area
Problems reported188
Fixes marked00
Neighbours asked the council00

Counts within 1.5 miles of the middle of Wem. 0% of its reports are already marked fixed, against 1% across Shropshire. Bigger and busier areas get more reports, and people in some areas report more readily than others.

Nearby areas

AreaReportsFixedAskedMost reported
Wem1800Street Light Out
Tilley600Overgrown Trees/Hedges
Clive200Carriageway pothole
Prees Green200Carriageway pothole
Prees100Drain blocked
Loppington000–
Northwood000–
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What street problems are reported in Wem?

18 street problems were reported on FixMyStreet within 1.5 miles of the middle of Wem in the last month, ranking it 40th of 132 Shropshire areas. The most common were street Light Out (4), carriageway pothole (3) and overgrown Trees/Hedges (3). The middle Shropshire area had 8.

Do street problems get fixed in Wem?

0 reports near Wem were marked fixed on FixMyStreet in the last month, and 0 of the 18 reports made in that time (0%) are already marked fixed. Across Shropshire it is 1%. Councils don’t always mark reports as fixed, so the real number may be higher.