Total Crime Rate
63.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
38.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hawthorn Grove area has the 13th highest crime rate of 31 local areas in Oswestry East , and the 290th highest crime rate of 1,000 local areas in Shropshire .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Hawthorn Grove (SY11 2PZ) in the last 12 months was 63.5 per 1,000 residents and was 9.8% lower than the Oswestry East average (70.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 38.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -83.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hawthorn Grove (SY11 2PZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 115 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Fir Grove (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Oswestry| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Llys Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Chestnut Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Greystones Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Greystones Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Petrol Station | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fir Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Fir Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Llys Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Honeysuckle Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beech Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beech Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oak Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
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