Crime Rates at Oakhurst Avenue, Oswestry, SY11 1BP

Oakhurst Avenue area has the 5th lowest crime rate of 28 local areas in Gobowen, Selattyn and Weston Rhyn , and the 269th lowest crime rate of 1,000 local areas in Shropshire .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Oakhurst Avenue (SY11 1BP) in the last 12 months was 22.7 per 1,000 residents and was 51.8% lower than the Gobowen, Selattyn and Weston Rhyn average (47.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Anti-social behaviour ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -19.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Oakhurst Avenue (SY11 1BP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Upper Ash Road, where police recorded 7 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Alexandra Road (4 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.