Total Crime Rate

122.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 122.5 8/10
  • Shoplifting 42.2 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 38.2 7/10
  • Public order 10.0 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.0 4/10
  • Burglary 8.0 8/10
  • Other crime 4.0 6/10
  • Other theft 4.0 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.0 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Windlass Drive area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Ellesmere Urban , and the 106th highest crime rate of 1,001 local areas in Shropshire .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Windlass Drive (SY12 0FP) in the last 12 months was 122.5 per 1,000 residents and was 79.5% higher than the Ellesmere Urban average (68.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -80.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 50.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 31.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 260.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Windlass Drive (SY12 0FP), the main crime hotspot is near Canal Way. Police recorded 34 crimes here, including 7 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Windlass Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Victoria Street —
Sep 2025Burglary Telford Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Canal Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Telford Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Canal Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Telford Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Windlass Drive —
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Data Sources

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