Total Crime Rate
126.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
79.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026West Street area has the 8th highest crime rate of 41 local areas in Oakengates & Ketley Bank , and the 115th highest crime rate of 558 local areas in Telford and Wrekin .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around West Street (TF2 9HS) in the last 12 months was 126.5 per 1,000 residents and was 51.2% higher than the Oakengates & Ketley Bank average (83.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 79.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around West Street (TF2 9HS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Morden Close, where police recorded 16 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Leveson Close (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In St Georges| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | North Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Smarts Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Chapel Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rothwell Close | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leveson Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Hill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Chapel Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chapel Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rothwell Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hill Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Smarts Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albert Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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