Total Crime Rate

105.6 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 105.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 66.9 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.1 8/10
  • Drugs 7.0 7/10
  • Other theft 7.0 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.0 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.5 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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 11th highest crime rate of 41 local areas in Oakengates & Ketley Bank , and the 157th highest crime rate of 562 local areas in Telford and Wrekin .

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 Freeston Avenue (TF2 9EW) in the last 12 months was 105.6 per 1,000 residents and was 35.5% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( 35.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 73.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -26.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Freeston Avenue (TF2 9EW), 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

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Ladbrook Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hollybirch Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Raxster Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Raxster Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jabe Davies Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Dorran Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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 2025Anti-social behaviour Manor Drive
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Furnace Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Dorran Place 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 Hollybirch Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hill Crest Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hollybirch Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stafford Street

Data Sources

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