Total Crime Rate

268.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 268.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 118.2 10/10
  • Shoplifting 60.5 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 37.5 9/10
  • Drugs 17.3 10/10
  • Other crime 11.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.7 6/10
  • Other theft 5.8 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.8 5/10
  • Robbery 2.9 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Dawley Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Arleston & College , and the 32nd highest crime rate of 562 local areas in Telford and Wrekin .

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 Dawley Road (TF1 2FH) in the last 12 months was 268.0 per 1,000 residents and was 86.5% higher than the Arleston & College average (143.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 41 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -35.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 42 (≈ 121.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 35.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 16.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dawley Road (TF1 2FH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Withering Close, where police recorded 43 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St Giles Close (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Dawley Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (20/20)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Withering Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Withering Close Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Withering Close —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Belmont Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Primrose Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Primrose Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Watling Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Withering Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Churchill Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Giles Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Withering Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Sports/Recreation Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Old Hall Gardens —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Festival Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Regent Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Elmwood Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mill Bank Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sports/Recreation Area —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Festival Gardens Under investigation
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Data Sources

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