Total Crime Rate
41.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
24.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Oxford Road area has the 14th lowest crime rate of 51 local areas in Dawley & Aqueduct , and the 186th lowest crime rate of 558 local areas in Telford and Wrekin .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Oxford Road (TF4 2DB) in the last 12 months was 41.0 per 1,000 residents and was 54.4% lower than the Dawley & Aqueduct average (89.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 24.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -80.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Oxford Road (TF4 2DB), the main crime hotspot is near Buxton Road. Police recorded 34 crimes here, including 22 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Malinslee & Dawley Bank| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Buxton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Little Eyton Fold | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Buxton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Buxton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Buxton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashbourne Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chesterfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Oxford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashbourne Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Eyton Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Eyton Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Little Eyton Fold | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lancaster Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gloucester Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Matlock Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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