Total Crime Rate

254.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 254.7 10/10
  • Shoplifting 142.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 48.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 30.0 6/10
  • Burglary 15.0 10/10
  • Other theft 15.0 9/10
  • Public order 3.8 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Freeston Avenue area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 41 local areas in Oakengates & Ketley Bank , and the 36th 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 Freeston Avenue (TF2 9ED) in the last 12 months was 254.7 per 1,000 residents and was 226.8% higher than the Oakengates & Ketley Bank average (77.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 38 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 33.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 9.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Freeston Avenue (TF2 9ED), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Snedshill Way, where police recorded 35 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Windy Leasowe (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Freeston Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (15/15)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jabe Davies Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Raxster Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Dorran Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Dorran Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Windy Leasowe Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Windy Leasowe Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Windy Leasowe Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Raxster Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Priory Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hollybirch Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hollybirch Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hollybirch Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hollybirch Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hollybirch Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Priory Way Under investigation
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Data Sources

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