Total Crime Rate
254.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Hazel Way 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 Hazel Way (TF2 9HH) 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 Hazel Way (TF2 9HH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 57 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.
View Crime In Oakengates & Ketley Bank| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Ladbrook Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hollybirch Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Windy Leasowe | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Windy Leasowe | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Windy Leasowe | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Dorran Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Dorran Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilkinson Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hollinswood Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hollybirch Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Manor Drive | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hollybirch Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hollybirch Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hollybirch Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hollinswood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Wilkinson Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Stafford Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Jabe Davies Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Wilkinson Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Furnace Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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